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Shalane Flanagan Returns to NYC Marathon 4 Years After Historic Win With New Goal in Sight

Former New York City Marathon champion Shalane Flanagan is set to return to the course at which she made history as she pursues an entirely different kind of goal on Sunday. Back in 2017, Flanagan became the first American runner in 40 years to win the women's division at the TCS New York City Marathon. She previously placed second in the 2010 race. (Newsweek) Shalane Flanagan's feat of running marathons on back-to-back days is 'frankly inhuman'
Shalane Flanagan is just days away from achieving the impossible: running each of the world's six major marathons in under three hours — all in.