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Like a lot of first-time marathoners, Hellen Obiri’s first crack at 26.2 miles didn’t go quite the way she hoped.
Unlike the rest of us who have suffered the same fate, though, she’ll be contending for victory in her second try. Obiri, a native of Kenya who relocated to Boulder, Colorado late last summer to train with the On Athletics Club (OAC), has been able to take what she’s learned from her debut at last fall’s New York City Marathon, improve her training and put herself in position to be one of the prime contenders at the Boston Marathon on April 17.
And OK, let’s face it, her sixth-place, 2:25:49 effort in New York wasn’t a total disaster. It’s just that Obiri, who owns 11 global medals in track and cross country, set out to at least finish on the podium in her first marathon and came up disappointingly short. She was in the lead pack of four near…
