HELLEN OBIRI has studied race videos from the London Marathon. She’s talked at length with her coach, who has competed along the scenic course.So in some ways, the decorated Kenyan runner’s London debut on Sunday feels like any other race. And just like every other race she’s in, Obiri will be a favorite — she won the New York Marathon in a course-record time in November — and she could make a run at setting the world record along the fast and flat route.

HELLEN OBIRI has studied race videos from the London Marathon. She’s talked at length with her coach, who has competed along the scenic course.

So in some ways, the decorated Kenyan runner’s London debut on Sunday feels like any other race. And just like every other race she’s in, Obiri will be a favorite — she won the New York Marathon in a course-record time in November — and she could make a run at setting the world record along the fast and flat route.

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