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Mary Keitany won three consecutive TCS New York City Marathons from 2014 to 2016, including a dominating performance in 2016 in which she surged ahead at mile 14, covering the second half of the course solo to win in 2:24:26. Her 3:34 margin of victory was the greatest in the women’s race since 1980, and she became the first open division runner since Grete Waitz to win the event three years in a row. In 2018, she won her fourth TCS New York City Marathon, recording the second fastest time in event history in 2:22:48.

Keitany placed second at the 2019 TCS New York City Marathon with a time of 2:23:32, which was less than a minute behind countrymate and champion Joyciline Jepkosgei. In 2017, Keitany finished as the TCS New York City Marathon runner-up to Shalane Flanagan, clocking in at 2:27:54. Earlier in 2017, she won her third career Virgin Money London Marathon in April, breaking the women-only marathon record in a blistering time of 2:17:01 and breaking Paula Radcliffe’s record by 41 seconds. Keitany had previously won the London Marathon in 2011 and 2012.

Keitany is a two-time winner of the Abbott World Marathon Majors series, having taken titles in 2012 and 2016. She is a former world-record-holder for the half-marathon and has also had success in New York in the Mini 10K, winning the event three times.

Married to runner Charles Koech, Keitany has two children, Jared and Samantha. In Kenya, she has put forth funds to build both a school and a church in her village. In 2019, she was invited to the Vatican to meet with the Pope, who blessed her for all of her accomplishments.