Molly Bookmyer

Molly Bookmyer is an American long-distance runner. She has twice qualified for the US Olympic marathon trials.

College

Bookmyer was a walk-on cross-country and track athlete at Ohio State University. She ran cross country for three years and track for two, where she focused on the steeplechase.

Professional career

In 2024, Bookmyer won the Twin Cities Marathon and set a new marathon personal best time of 2:28:52.
Bookmyer qualified for the 2024 US Olympic marathon trials by running a 2:30:37 at the 2023 Toronto Waterfront Marathon. She had hoped to run have a break-through race and run 2:27, but was well-within the qualifying standard of 2:37. At the Olympic marathon trials, Bookmyer dropped out after 12 miles.
Bookmyer ran the 2021 New York City Marathon but did not finish due to a lingering injury.
Bookmyer qualified for the 2020 United States Olympic marathon trials by running a 2:44:07 at the Chevron Houston Marathon in 2019. However, she was unable to race as she was diagnosed as having a femoral neck stress fracture the week before the trials.

Personal life

Bookmyer married her husband Eric in 2017. Her husband was diagnosed with cancer, and Bookmyer took time off running as a result. However, Bookmyer started running again as a means to reduce stress but quickly regained her competitive drive and set out to qualify for the 2020 US Olympic marathon trials to honor her husband.
At the age of 25, Bookmyer was diagnosed with a non-cancerous brain tumor and has since undergone two brain surgeries.