Katie Holmes ran the NY City Marathon on Sunday, finishing in just under five and a half hours. She was greeted at the finish line by her husband, Tom Cruise, and their supposedly 18 month-old daughter, Suri. Holmes’ parents and Cruise’s mom were also there to cheer her on. She is quoted as saying she loves running and that it helped her lose weight after she had Suri.

“I have always loved to run,” Holmes told Harper’s Bazaar in March. “It has helped me lose the extra baby weight.”

[From the New Zealand Herald]

This was one rumor that I didn’t believe at first, assuming that Katie was just running for exercise and that some over-eager gossip magazine turned it into training for a marathon.

Splash News reports that Holmes walked at about 17 miles in, but as someone who hasn’t run more than five miles at a stretch in my life, I have to say that’s hardly comment-worthy. Kudos to Katie for going through with it. It’s ironic that Holmes ran the NY City Marathon, considering that people have been urging her to “run” since she got involved with cult-loving Cruise back when she was pregnant. I mean, right before she got pregnant.

Holmes’ next movie, her first since 2005’s Thank You For Smoking, is the female crime caper, Mad Money. The film also stars Diane Keaton and Queen Latifah and is due out on January 18, 2008. It’s a shame they’ll miss Oscar season. Check out the trailer below.

Katie Holmes is next set to star in The Other Side with fellow Scientologist, Jason Lee. Production is set to start sometime this month.

Good job, Katie! Maybe your career will pick up now after the Mad Money bump. Considering that your next film is with the guy who is going to be in the Alvin and The Chipmunks movie, I doubt it.