November 5, 2000
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK
THE MODERATOR: This is Hellen Kimaiyo from Kenya, 11th place, 2:32:11. Congratulations. How were you? Did you enjoy New York in the wind?
HELLEN KIMAIYO: Yeah, I enjoyed myself down here. The run was very good. I enjoyed running. It was very nice. I didn't make it to the best time that I wanted, but it was okay. Next time I can do better than I did today.
THE MODERATOR: That is the happiest face that we've had in here so far. What a great smile.
Q. 2:32 and 11th place is amazing. Why do you think it was so fast?
HELLEN KIMAIYO: To me, it is not great, because I wanted to improve, because -- I wanted to at least do better than my best time, but I am happy about it because I did it to the finish line.
Q. Why do you think the race itself was so fast, all of the women in front of you?
HELLEN KIMAIYO: Yeah, it was fast, so I try to stay with them, but it was too fast for me. I just decided to just come and use my own pace, because it may be that I not have to push. So, I just decided to just use my own pace to the finish line.
THE MODERATOR: Thank you very much for coming in.
HELLEN KIMAIYO: Thank you very much.
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