BOSTON-In her second Boston Marathon on Monday, Grand Forks' Robyn Bancroft wanted a chance to embrace the experience more than her first event in 2017.
In 2017, Bancroft's father Bob Belt had recently died and the health of her father-in-law Vern Bancroft was also declining.
On Monday afternoon, she ran the Boston Marathon on her terms, she said.
The 39-year-old mother of two finished the 26.2-mile race in 3 hours, 44 minutes, 49 seconds.
"It's so neat to be part of this," she said of the 123rd running of the Boston Marathon. "The crowd and support are amazing."
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Bancroft said the weather in Boston was a challenge. Temperatures were about 65 degrees and humid, she said.
"It got warm for my standards," Bancroft said. "This was my worst winter ever for training. The warmest I was training in was 20 degrees. I have quite the tan line today. I haven't seen sun like that since September."
Feeling the heat, Bancroft focused less on hitting a certain time, she said. She didn't look at her watch for much of the race-until about Mile 23.
At that point, she was in range of running under 3 hours and 45 minutes, so she started to push to the finish line.
This 2019 Boston Marathon is probably her last, she said.
"I think I got my fill," said Bancroft, who was the only Grand Forks runner in this year's event.
She's not through with marathons, however. She now turns her attention to the Grandma's Marathon in Duluth on June 22.
The hope is to qualify at the Grandma's Marathon for the New York City Marathon in November.
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Boston Marathon
Monday's results
(Name, age, gender, hometown, time and overall place)
North Dakota
Holly Anderson, 58, F, Bismarck, 4:35:03, 21,567
Robyn Bancroft, 39, F, Grand Forks, 3:46:18, 12,849
Lynn Beiswanger, 64, M, Bismarck, 4:01:47, 15,896
Tara McDonald, 37, F, Bismarck, 3:22:01, 6,833
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Cindy Dobbs, 55, F, Fargo, 5:06:39, 23,294
Cody Glaser, 41, M, Fargo, 3:29:24, 8,722
Lynae Hansen-Lardy, 49, F, West Fargo, 4:03:46, 16,326
Mark Momerak, 61, M, Bismarck, 3:18:46, 5,845
Kathy Lein, 55, F, Bismarck, 4:17:46, 18,128
Julie Sorby Engen, 46, F, Fargo, 3:44:20, 12,123
Jennifer Eggert, 35, F, Bismarck, 3:57:18, 15,762
Haylee Hastad, 26, F, Fargo, 3:37:12, 11,002
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Miles Triser, 28, M, Jamestown, 3:51:40, 11,986
Sarah McCullough, 56, F, Bismarck, 4:00:41, 15,821
Vicki Schneider, 43, F, Fargo, 3:33:28, 9,009
Mandy Stephens, 35, F, Mandan, 4:06:31
Jacqueline Kelly, 58, F, Fargo, 3:45:43, 13,096
Maria Weller, 54, F, West Fargo, 4:24:37, 20,038
Brad McConn, 28, M, Fargo, 3:36:51, 10,375
Christopher Hass, 41, M, Fargo, 2:55:25, 1,580
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Tanya Hass, 37, F, Fargo, 3:59:02, 12,649
Linnet Walter, 52, F, Bismarck, 3:55:54, 15,125
Jerod Tufte, 44, M, Dawson, 3:28:11, 7,727
Scott Beaulier, 41, M, Fargo, 3:27:20, 7,428
Stefanie Hanisch, 48, F, Fargo, 3:51:02, 12,156
Kevin Carolio, 50, M, Fargo, 3:37:44, 10,710
Dawn Peters, 50, F, West Fargo, 3:57:11, 15,070
Allison Germolus, 53, F, Bismarck, 3:41:51, 11,265
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Mark Sailer, 46, M, Zap, 3:16:35, 5,514
Sarah Deutsch, 39, F, Fargo, 4:08:55, 17,336
David Nash, 63, M, Bismarck, 4:39:01, 21,878
Steve Tibke, 51, M, Mandan, 3:12:57, 4,066
