What Hellen Obiri Packs to Run the NYC Marathon 2025

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Marathon runner Hellen Obiri starts her day like many of us: by checking her phone. First, she looks at the weather, then her schedule, and finally her group chats. After that, “I say a word of thanks to God,” the 35-year-old Kenyan athlete tells WIRED on the phone. “To protect me because I’m going to have a long day. From there, I prepare myself for my run.”