Becoming a Marathoner: Lexi Zeis recaps her "true" marathon breakthrough by rthansen published on 2021-03-19T21:11:53Z Lexi Zeis ran the Olympic Trials back in February as her first experience at the marathon distance. But, we both knew it was a glorified training run as she wasn't quite ready to "race" the marathon yet. This past December at the Marathon Project, she had her first real-go at racing the marathon distance finishing 16th in 2:32:40 making her one of the fastest US marathoners under age 25 in history. Genre Sports