Heather is the former food and nutrition editor for Runner’s World, the author of The Runner’s World Vegetarian Cookbook, and a seven-time marathoner with a best of 3:31—but she is most proud of her 1:32 half, 19:44 5K, and 5:33 mile.
Big-name races like the New York City Marathon draw participants from all walks of life. Over the race’s five decades, the New York City Marathon has seen hundreds of celebrities trek over the Verrazano Bridge in Staten Island and cross the finish in Central Park.
In order to help Team USA take home gold, she competed through a broken ankle, a moment that has been ridiculed in recent years. Twelve years after her medal-winning routine, Strug ran the New York City marathon in 3:56. Peter Sagal Long-time host of NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me and former Runner’s World columnist, Peter Sagal, finished the 2009 New York City Marathon in 3:27. He’s also, ahem, a self-confessed race bandit.