`` This is the way she wanted to go , '' says the daughter of 86-year-old Joy Johnson . Monday was her first appearance in the 26-mile New York Marathon . Joy Johnson fell Around mile from the end race , but she kept going to finish . She appeared Sunday on the `` Today '' show and was resting in her hotel when she died .
`` This is the way she wanted to go , '' says the daughter of 86-year-old Joy Johnson . Sunday was her 25th appearance in the 26-mile New York Marathon . Johnson fell about six miles from the end race , but she kept going to finish . She appeared Monday on the `` Today '' show and was resting in her hotel when she died .