11/10/2025
Amazing!
During this year’s TCS New York City Marathon, NYU Grossman School of Medicine student Felicia Pasadyn ran the race of a lifetime: placing first among New York women, 8th among U.S. women, 14th among women overall, and qualifying for the 2028 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials with an incredible time of 2:35:17.
Felicia had hoped to qualify for the Olympic Trials by 2026 or 2027, but she didn’t expect to shatter the women’s 2:37:00 qualifying mark on one of the toughest marathon courses in the world. Just earlier this year, she ran 2:44:17 at the Boston Marathon, a similarly challenging course. “In my head, I thought an outstanding race in NYC would be breaking 2:40, so to go a 2:35:17 was absolutely incredible,” Felicia says. “I feel shocked, honored, and motivated to continue setting extremely ambitious goals.”
How does a student in NYU Grossman School of Medicine's accelerated three-year MD program find time to train for a marathon? For Felicia, it meant 3:45 a.m. wake-ups on clinical rotation days and carefully balancing her training, studies, sleep, and time with loved ones. “Sometimes when we are busy, the necessary 9 hours of sleep and proper fueling goes to the wayside, when in reality, it is of the utmost importance in stressful times,” Felicia notes. “I commit to 9.5 hours of sleep a night with no blue light in bed, as well as baking and cooking nutritious meals to fuel my brain and body. Complete game changer.”
Congratulations, Felicia, on this amazing achievement! 🎉
