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The 2022 TCS New York City Marathon will be Stephanie Bruce’s final career marathon. Bruce has finished in the top 15 in six Abbott World Marathon Majors races, including sixth at the 2019 Chicago Marathon in a personal-best time of 2:27:47. She was 10th at the 2017 TCS New York City Marathon, 11th in 2018, and then 10th again last year. Bruce was also sixth at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon in Atlanta, finishing only 13 seconds out of the third spot on the podium and a trip to the Olympics. 

On July 4, 2018, Bruce won her first U.S. national title with a personal-best time of 32:21 at the AJC Peachtree Road Race, which served as the USATF 10K Championships. Her victory came two weeks after she finished third over 10,000 meters at the USATF Outdoor Championships in Des Moines, Iowa. Then in 2019, she won the USATF Half Marathon Championships in Pittsburgh in a personal-best time of 1:10:44. She followed that up with a runner-up performance at the NYRR New York Mini 10K, which served as the USATF 10 km Championships for 2019.

Bruce’s first major marathon appearance was a 14th-place finish at the Boston Marathon in 2013, five years after making her marathon debut with a fifth-place 2:40:07 at the Twin Cities Marathon. She has finished on the podium at the Houston Marathon and Honolulu Marathon.

Bruce began running when she was 4, growing up in Phoenix, Ariz. She was a Big West champion and two-time All-American at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Diagnosed with celiac disease in 2010, she has battled through to become one of the country’s top runners. She has had an open approach to social media – one which has made her a role model and inspiration to runners everywhere.

She is married to Ben Bruce, a fellow professional runner who competed in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships for 15 consecutive years. The couple have two children, Riley and Hudson, and host an adult running camp together in Flagstaff every summer.