By mile 16, she had opened up an eight-minute gap on Emma Bell and Daniella Townsend.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. In the early miles, she mistook some of the female half-marathon leaders as her fellow competitors.

Tori Parkinson finished in first place at the 2025 Flying Pig women's full-marathon in 2:40.10, second-fastest all-time by a woman at the Flying Pig.