Flanagan finishes her 6-marathons-in-6-weeks odyssey in New York with fastest time

Posted Nov 7, 2021
Shalane Flanagan finished her six-marathon challenge Sunday as the 12th woman to cross the finish line at Sunday’s New York City Marathon. Her time of 2 hours, 33 minutes, 32 seconds was her best of the six races. The Olympian, three-time national champion at UNC, and 2017 New York City Marathon winner, finished her sixth marathon in 42 days. (Tar Heel Tribune)

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