![]() That IAU record for the women’s 55-59 age group is a whopping 135.34 miles (217.811km). Suzanne Weightman, age 57, placed third while running 91 miles. She is 46 years old and ran a solid 109 miles. In the 24-hour event, Mary Wartsplaced second female in the overall women’s race. Think about that! When was the last time you ran over 90 miles in 12 hours? ![]() The IAU men’s 50-54 age-group record is about 91.64 miles (147.480km). Todd McAuley, also 52 years old, came in second in the overall men’s race by running 61 miles. So good! I’m guessing you, like me, were unaware that the IAU women’s 50-54 age-group record for the 12-hour distance is about 82.15 miles (132.202 kilometers). That’s a thing.) I wanted to highlight this timed event both because there were some great performances by masters athletes and because I wanted to share how stout the age-group records are in these timed events.īeth Pretti, who is 52 years old, was first female in the overall women’s race at the 12-hour event. Even though it’s called 3 Days at the Fair, the event holds races ranging from a marathon distance up to races 144 hours in length. There’s a special surprise if you make it all the way to the end of this article!ģ Days at the Fair took place at Sussex County Fairgrounds in Augusta, New Jersey. Here we share interesting timed-race format results from 3 Days at the Fair and the age-group records being chased there, stories of age-group runners increasingly taking on the rugged Quad Rock 50 Mile and 25 Mile, and age-group runners going the 250-mile distance at the first-year Cocodona 250 Mile. Age-Old Runners May 2021 Racing Highlights For the record, though, the choice is somewhat arbitrary and, lest anyone’s hackles are up, nobody is calling you old.Ĭheryl Miller. Also, racing coverage really seems to decline starting after age 45. The choice is based on years of coaching conversations with runners in their forties telling me how they can’t do a certain race or a certain time because they’re too old now. ![]() We’ll also try to highlight the age-group racing and adventuring that’s going on from month to month.Ī note about who qualifies to be highlighted in this series: I’ve chosen to include runners ages 45 and up even though USA Track & Field (USATF) and the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) define masters runners as ages 35 and above. We plan to introduce you to a runner one month as they prepare for an upcoming race and, then, report on their race the following month. Through this, the Age-Old Runners series version 2.0 was born! We hope that as you learn runners’ race stories, you’ll come to care about what’s going on in age-group racing. ![]() We decided that we should get to work in better recognizing these runners, their performances, and their goals. ![]()
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