by Larry Eder
Emma Sisson and Molly Huddle, 2017 NYC Half Marathon, photo by PhortoRun.net
The 2019 Virgin London Marathon continues to prove that not only does it have the finest field of the spring marathon season, but also the deepest. Spencer Barden has taken over the orchestratrion of the elite field, taking over after the retirement of David Bedford, and the field continues to show a quality of thought and appreciation of how to orchestrate a field to bring out the very best in the key players in the field.
In that light, it is fantastic to see American distance runners Molly Huddle and Emily Sisson are going to be racing the streets of London. Molly Huddle is the former AR 5000m, and holds the 10,000m and half marathon. Emily Sisson holds the AR debut half marathon. Finding a successful training partner is not easy. Molly Huddle and Emily Sisson are training partners.
Training partners help the other when the other is having a bad day. Perhaps partners switch interval leads. Or, on a tough tempo run, partners juggle the lead, helping both achieve the desired goals. As the author of Once a Runner, John Parker, described it, training partners understand the other due to the time spent, or, the “Miles of Trials and Trials of Miles.” Molly Huddle and Emily Sisson encourage each other, and challenge each other to give their very best.
RunBlogRun looks forward to covering the 2019 Virgin Money London Marathon this year, with Americans Molly Huddle and Emily Sisson in the fray. To see the entire London Marathon elite field, click here.
