Results: 2025 London Marathon We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back, Gwen Jorgensen looked like any other first-time marathoner. The reigning Olympic triathlon champion moved creakily while navigating the 7-inch step up needed to get to her chair for a post-race press conference.
Jorgensen, 30, wasn’t surprised that she was dealing with a case of ever-so-slightly delayed onset muscle soreness. It was only 11 weeks ago that she became Faith Kipyegon Will Attempt a Sub-4 Mile, which entails swimming 1.5 kilometers, cycling 40 kilometers, and running 10 kilometers. “I didn’t prepare properly [for the marathon],” Jorgensen said. “I didn’t have enough time.”
Jorgensen ran with the leaders during the relatively slow first few miles. But when the pace dropped to 5:30s, she dropped back.
“I knew for me it wasn’t the best idea to pick it up,” she said. “I just tried to run within myself. I have a huge respect for the distance, the course, and these other runners.”
She ran through 11 miles with Neely Gracey (who went on to place eighth in 2:34:55). Jorgensen passed halfway in 1:15:55, and was starting to feel the effects of American Women at the 2025 Boston Marathon.
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Over the second half, she said, “My muscles just got really sore and tightened up and fatigued, just like everybody else. It’s really hard to run that long.
“I’m a little disappointed,” Jorgensen continued. “I don’t know why because I didn’t have a [time] goal, so I don’t know what I would have been happy with. I think those last few miles were really tough for me.”
Asked to compare running a marathon to her sport of choice, Jorgensen said, “I don’t really think you can compare it to the triathlon. The marathon is really different. I was really excited to do it. The best part was that there were so many people out there cheering, ‘Go Gwen,’ so I want to say thank you to all those people. It was tough.”
Jorgensen said that running a marathon didn’t increase her interest in doing an Ironman triathlon. “That’s not something I’m currently passionate about,” she said.
She does, however, already have a post-marathon goal. “Right now Patrick and I really want to have a family, and that’s my priority,” she said.
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