Sarah Kiptoo Cheriwoi

[11] Her first Grandma's Marathon in 2013 showed her aggressive running style and characteristic fast start.

She had trained in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and arrived at the shores of Lake Superior ready to push the pace.

She left Everlyne Lagat and clocked 1:11:31 at the half marathon mark, then kept the speed high to break Firiya Sultanova's course-record time from 2003.

She drank fluids copiously and kept looking over her shoulder to find Clara Santucci and Serkalem Biset Abrha.

She started in the lead pack and continued to pull ahead of some of the top runners in the nation by winning in 2:31:20, outpacing Stephanie Bruce and Lauren Jimison.

The two would lead men and women in the chilly, windy morning at the Philadelphia Marathon, with Kiptoo finishing in 2:38:13.

[21][22] In October 2019, Kiptoo and hundreds of other runners had great conditions at the start of the Duke City Marathon in Albuquerque, New Mexico.