"At this level of competition, you always expect big names. I may be a novice in the marathon, but I believe I will be able to carve my own niche," she added.

"I would like to achieve a time of around 2:22. I have to wait and see how my body reacts to the race, then I will see what kind of form I am in. Then I will determine my final goal."

There is also the 40-year-old Kenyan Nancy Kiprop, who is coming off a 2:22:12 run in winning in Vienna, Austria in April while Mary Ngugi Wacera also has an outside chance to dominate in New York, which will be her second marathon since making her debut in Boston in April where she finished seventh.

"I will be more focused on the race," Wacera said. "New York is a difficult course just like Boston, so I'm not so focused on the time, but if I can improve on my time, I will be happy."

Wacera had set up a training camp in Nyahururu and has a personal best time of 2:58:33 recorded in Boston.

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