A week after getting married, Dakotah Popehn ran 2:31:45 to place 17th at the New York City Marathon.
Popehn, who previously went by Lindwurm, started to fall off the leaders’ pace heading into the 18th mile. Running much of the second half solo, the Paris Olympian battled through an off day to finish as the seventh American in the elite women’s race on Sunday.Popehn, 29, has had a breakout year. In February, the former Division II runner shocked the field by taking third at the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials to make her first Olympic team. At the Olympics in August, she continued to surprise.
During the pre-race press conference in Manhattan, Popehn said she took time to recover from the hills on the grueling Paris course before returning to 130-mile weeks in preparation for New York City. Even though New York was Popehn’s third marathon of the year, she said she didn’t think the frequency would affect her too much. The past two years, she’s run three marathons: Boston , Grandma’s Marathon , and either New York or Chicago in the fall.
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