U.S. Olympian Molly Huddle will make her 26.2-mile debut at the New York City Marathon on Nov. 6, according to The New York Times.
“As a distance runner you don’t feel complete until you run a marathon,” Huddle said, according to the report. “I think it’s almost a different sport, the level of strength you rely on. But I want to test myself at that, and see what it’s about.”
Huddle, 31, finished 11th in the 2012 Olympic 5000m and is a favorite to make her second Olympic team on the track in the 10,000m (and possibly the 5000m, where she holds the American record) in Eugene, Ore.