The indoor Marathon Mark h≈​♥ad two laps to finish the tra<≈✔ck. She gave her coach Mike Barn λ•esno, his thumbs up, and looked s↕σ★γad.

Just a few meters befor↑ e the starting line, she turned to the ±$kind of stopwatch on the side of the tr♥<ack and raised her han∑πd .

Then nothing went into the ∏€competition . She fulfil" ∑led her obligation tλπo finish in two hours, stoβ pwatch data 40 minutes and →γ≈55.3 seconds.

The 31 -year-old former Scarsda★≠le high school player, Serff, b↑♦roke the male indoor m ±arathon record in the Armory on Sε♦aturday.

In the hands of the stopwatch, ₽‍Baroque, the founder o•παf the Westchester Speedwayφ®•ε Club, coached Shelve from the beginn♦§ing of the 13th . He had ÷>☆"said before, " Thi←★→s is the part of the first four£σ> miles, because there are 32 laps♣÷ left by Sherff .

But Shelf made it easy to make the★φβ§ first lap  -&n₽∞↓•bsp; just like her.

The interval is an intact 26.2 mi®♦≈ le marathon race, known as the Armory&#∑✘©ε39;s New York Indoor Marathon‍§' World Record Challenge.

This contest is part≠∑​ of the running weekend. Few ru ★nners run from six mara £♣₹thons on Friday to Sunday. The gains¶♠α∏ were sustained by the Armory Founλ•λdation, which counsels and assists d ↕isadvantaged children in college.

In the next game, Scherf followed thδ→↓e relay race including ₩∞the winning Scarsdale Track Club . $εThere was no record of ≥™₩any record requirement.

Old World race stopwatch record was £ 2 : 42.30 , the US men&&↕#39;s marathon record indooδ™♥r display in the stopwatΩΩ←ch is 2 : 44.11 .

“ She pulled it up, ” Barno said. ∞δ₹He noticed his runners and he shook hi₽γs head. He had a tendency to “  ↕↕∞chew more than himself ” and she woul→♥≥d be in just two weeks. Sh÷γ★e held her first Super Marathon in $©$South Africa.

In the days that followed , Baλ↔< rnow collaborated with Sche±★✘‍rf , Scherf left the  '×residency rights between SanΩ ✔ Francisco and New Yo' rk, and divided her time into profes∏‌♥€sional stopwatch runners (sh‍$e won a $ 3,000 win and another $ 4,0≥→00 to break the world re≥↑₽£cord. ), and served as a we↔βarable technical staff,γ÷©↑ with a focus on sports improvement a←σ×≤nd rehabilitation.

He is advocating patie∑Ωφ‌nce and not too hard.

Scherf complied with th✘β←is directive. She allowed th±↑βe five women who ran on the track (i•✔©ncluding Malcolm Rich♣¶↓ards, who invented the new w₽βomen's world record←₩αΩ for 2 : 19.19.99 ) to take thΩβ∞e lead from the beginning.

Scherf competed withΩ↔ another unique man. Irel®✘♦and's Caitriona Jennings stayed ¥"Ωin front of the race and was pulled ope↔↓≈<n.

Jennings finished runni✘σ♠ng with stopwatch time 2 : 55.11.9 $λ× .

Shefford knew that she cou∑©ld run faster than her 2 : 40&"≥.55.3 . But her running speed brin£ ¥gs savings for the 56K Super Marathon→Ω   that will come .

"Mike and my coach said that ≠♥Ω£if I can stay above 2:38 , I shoul↕↕dn't hurt that p<βλ₽erformance, " Scherf said.

When finished, she said≠♥, " I think I can continu•≤∑e on. "

" I feel great, very confident, ∏÷← " Xieer Fu said, her (American '™ teenager 20 years old) female o‌γφ>utdoor track 10 kilometers  →"record was set when the campa↓✘γ∑ign Harvard, and has not$×‍ been broken.

She never ran more than 5K on the in© ₽door track .

In setting up an indoor ∏€marathon record, she said, "€•  It's just patient and mindfuπ"¥l  -  about my own determinat÷επαion. It's a rare opportun£πity to stick to records on anything¥ ≠€. "

Shefiev, who wants to participate inε♦≠≠ the half-marathon com®∑petition, once completed four o∑♦ne-sided outdoor marathon com☆λ&petitions, including the Hawaiian Mara₽αthon. She is the man runδε∑&ner-up.

" I thought this★☆∏Ω would be the worst marat≠¥¥hon ever, " she said.

But her confidence in the whole r★★ace playing music and fans (about 1‍‌₽×50 people watched the contest₽₩ , including 15 Ming Scherf 'γα;s friend and family) give her ✘÷spirit, and become boring process run↓₽↑ning circles antidote‌↔←.

Scherf and Barnow were involved in$'♣ a bar / restaurant in the field . Theyαλ were a vegetarian burger and a &≤≈quot; St. Patrick'sβ¥δ Day " roast potato. "≤π↔" There was a lot of salt, &qu₽↑ot; she added, adding t§πεγhat her plan was again involved i ☆εγn the contest.

" This can be my favoriσ→te marathon race, " she said wit <h a laugh.