Lesley was happy at 2014 Winston-Salem nationals.
If it’s Tuesday, it must be Switzerland.
Bernard Lagat, our new M40 poster kid, ran 3000 meters in 7:42.75 at the Spitzenleichtathletik Meeting in Lucerne — beating his own listed world record of 8:00.23 from May. This is beyond belief. It’s like back-to-back 4:07 miles.
(See results here.) The same day,
Lesley Chaplin, at age 57, ran a mile in 5:41.71 — improving her own listed W55 American record of 5:42.51 set two years ago. (The listed outdoor WR is 5:27.57, but fellow Yank
Kathy Martin holds the W55 indoor mile WR of 5:19.87.) Lesley, a Georgian, ran her latest mile in the USATF-sanctioned Germantown Academy
All-Comers Track & Field Meet Series in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. (The USATF
calendar errs when it says the meet was unsanctioned; I checked with meet organizers, who provided proof of sanction.) Results of the Germantown meet
are here. Lesley lost to a 20-year-old kid by a fraction of a second. (I later learned:
Josh Toth was a designated pacesetter.) W50 star
Lorraine Jasper was fourth in that race in 5:54.33, a wonderful mark.
On the Age-Graded Tables, Kip’s mark is worth 7:17.3 as an open time.
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A big thank you to Kyle Mecklenborg, Tom Taft, and all the people at Germantown Academy Allcomers meets.
This was truly a group effort. Kyle and Tom worked diligently to make sure everything was in place for a record attempt such as cones and even having the track measured.
A special thank you goes out to Josh Toth for his incredible pacing.
Everyone at the meet was so supportive, it was truly a great night.
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