40-minute mile? legitimately, that was one of the harder things i ve done in my athletic career. reporter: that and making the olympics in her first ever marathon. how many marathons have you ever run? two. reporter: how many marathons should you have run before the olympics? well, at the very least, i m glad the olympics is not my second marathon. reporter: it will be molly s third, and hopefully her best. anne thompson, nbc news, flagstaff, arizona. there has been nothing quite so ambitious than hosting the world in the middle of a pandemic, but tokyo has managed, even when the view is not what many expected. tokyo, we hardly knew you. covid quarantines made most of the city a bridge too far for many olympic participants and foreign media, required to work and live in a protective bubble. the city was ready to welcome the world. shuttered souvenir stores and empty fan plazas speak to its best intentions and to