Desiree Ficker is one of the most popular and richest Marathon Runner who was born on December 9, 1976 in Potomac, Maryland, United States. On the 28th of January, 2007 at the 3M Austin Half Marathon, Ficker completed the race with a personal best of 1:14:07 (5:39/mile pace) to finish third after Kathy Butler (1:11:12) and Caroline Cheptanui (1:13:55).
On 11 October 2008, Ficker finished 39th in the Women’s Pro division at the Ford Ironman World Championship in a time of 11:07:48 (1:00:37 swim, 6:02:00 bike, 3:55:03 run).
On March 29, 2009, Ficker won the Austin Statesman Capitol 10K race for the second year in a row with a time of 34:56 (5:38 minutes/mile pace). On November 1, 2009, Ficker finished tenth in the ING New York City Marathon in a personal best time of 2:39:30 (6:05 minutes/mile pace), earning $500. She was the second fastest American woman in the race.
The 18th of February, 2007 at the 2007 AT&T Austin Marathon, only her second marathon race, Ficker ran a 2:40:28 and then a personal best time finishing second 42 seconds ahead of Moges Zebenaye from Ethiopia. This earned her a spot in her participation in the 2008 US Olympic Marathon Trials.
In 1999, Ficker completed Kona in 11:15. She was also she placed 2nd within her age range. The following year, Ficker brought her time to home in 10:45 and was placed 2nd within her age group. The year 2006 was the time she was 2nd overall at Kona in an estimated time of 9:24 just behind Michellie Jones. The year 2007 was the same. Ficker had a strep throat diagnosis prior to the race, however she was optimistic when she started the race. The time she swam was 1:01:02. She cycled 5:14.30. Her marathon time was 4:19:42. Her overall time was 10:40:43. Her time was 643.
On 20 April 2008, Ficker competed in the Women’s Marathon 2008 U.S. Olympic Team trials in Boston, racing for club ASICS. She finished but did not make the Olympic team, placing 79th out of 161 entrants in 2:48:11 (6:25/mile pace).
