How Boston Marathon Triumph Helped Hellen Obiri Win Great Manchester Run

• Hellen Obiri won her second straight Great Manchester Run 10km race on May 21
• Her incredible Boston Marathon victory last month prepared her for Sunday's race
• Obiri, now based in the States, is planning to run another marathon later this year

More than a month after winning her first marathon, two-time Olympic silver medalist, Hellen Obiri successfully defended her Great Manchester Run 10km road race title in the United Kingdom.

Obiri credited the Boston Marathon for preparing her for Sunday's triumph.

The two-time world 5000m champion clocked 31:14 to finish first in a tightly contested race. She beat her compatriot and Olympic Marathon champion, Peres Jepchirchir, who came second after timing 31:59. Britain’s Calli Thackery finished third in 32:51, per Nation Sports.

In the 2022 event, the Kenyan set a course record of 30:15, beating Britain's Eilish McColgan, who clocked 30:19, while fellow Kenyan, Ruth Chepng’etich finished in third place in 30:29.

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The 33-year-old made her marathon debut in 2022 in New York but was unsuccessful as she finished 6th. However, she won the New York City Half Marathon on March 19, per New York Times.

How marathon win prepared Obiri

The Boston Marathon definitely helped Obiri prepare for the Great Manchester Run 10km race.

"I didn't think I could run like this because I had three weeks training, but the time is good, and it seemed I was going to do well," Obiri said. "It has given me a lot of morale [Boston Marathon], and that shows that I'm good in marathon and I'm going to do better," she said, via Athletic Weekly.

Obiri plans to run a personal best in a marathon later this year.

"I'm looking forward to the next marathon, probably in November or December, and I'm hoping to run my personal best."

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In 2022, she moved to Boulder, Colorado, with her husband, Tom Nyaundi, and their 7-year-old daughter, Tania, per Women's Running.

Listing the unbreakable athletics records

Sports Brief earlier reported on athletics records unlikely to be broken after Usain Bolt's 100-metre and 200-m milestones.

No one has come close to the retired Jamaican's 9.58 and 19.19 times and it could take a few decades for those to be surpassed.

Florence Griffith-Joyner's 100m women's record has not been breached since 1988 among others that will stand for very long.