Eilish McColgan 7th at London Marathon Despite Toe Injury

British runner Eilish McColgan finished seventh in the elite women's race at the London Marathon on Sunday, battling through a severe toe injury that occurred just after the halfway mark and left blood seeping through her shoe.

The 35-year-old Scot, a four-time Olympian and reigning Commonwealth Games 10,000 meters champion, clocked a time of 2 hours, 24 minutes and 51 seconds. That marked her as the top British finisher, ahead of Rose Harvey in ninth at 2:26:14. Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa won the women's race in a course-record 2:15:41.

McColgan described the injury in post-race comments, saying it began with a bad blister that felt like her foot had "exploded." "I just had this massive tear and I thought, what the hell is that?" she said. "It was obviously pretty sore, but for it to happen quite early on, it panicked me a little bit. I couldn't feel pressure through my foot." Blood covered her foot, and she altered her gait, which led to knee pain around the 24-mile mark. "I thought, God, I can't get to 24 miles and not finish it," she added. Her time was 26 seconds slower than her marathon debut at London last year, when she placed eighth.

On social media two days later, McColgan...