Lidiya Grigoryeva
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
BIRTHDATE:
January 21, 1974
PERSONAL BEST:
2:25:10 (Los Angeles, 2006)
WORLD MARATHON MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS:
12Oct08 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 1st 2:27:17
04Nov07 ING New York City Marathon 4th 2:28:37
16Apr07 Boston Marathon 1st 2:29:18
05Nov06 ING New York City Marathon 5th 2:27:21
06Nov05 ING New York City Marathon 8th 2:27:48
07Nov04 ING New York City Marathon 12th 2:34:39
ADDITIONAL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
19Mar06 City of Los Angeles Marathon 1st 2:25:10
10Apr05 Paris Marathon 1st 2:27:01
10Dec00 Honolulu Marathon 4th 2:32:40
10Jan00 Houston Marathon 6th 2:38:11
14Feb99 Run Tex Austin Marathon 1st 2:35:38
08Nov98 Columbus Marathon 3rd 2:41:04
04Oct97 Tyumen Marathon 3rd 2:42:25
18May97 Moscow Marathon 14th 2:51:21
CAREER NOTES:
Lidiya Grigoryeva has made a name for herself at the marathon distance the past few years lowering her PR by nine minutes and posting commanding wins at the 2005 Paris and 2006 City of Los Angeles marathons preceding her dramatic victory at the 2007 Boston Marathon. In the latter race she blistered the 25th mile in five minutes ten seconds to break away from Jelena Prokopcuka and Madai Perez and become just the second Russian to win at Boston.
In winning at Los Angeles she set a course record and earned the $100,000 Banco Popular Challenge for the first person to cross the finish, just holding off first man, Benson Cherono, with her 16 minutes and 46 seconds head-start.
Grigoryeva won her second Major at the 2008 Bank of America Chicago Marathon. On a warm day she ran negative splits of 1:16:04/1:11:13 and finished two minutes, 15 seconds ahead of her compatriot Alevtina Biktimirova.
PERSONAL NOTES:
Grigoryeva is from Cheboksary in Russia and she began running at ag 12. Her sister, Irina Timofeyeva, is also a marathoner with a 2:25 PR. Grigoryeva is married and has a daughter. Her trainer, Leonid Shvetsov, has been an elite Russian marathoner for the past decade and has a 2:09:16 best.
