Top women were Tania Fischer, Grace Padilla and Kirsten Leech. Jim Ryun was everywhere.
M65 legend
Jim Ryun no longer races, but his presence in San Diego on Thursday night got hearts racing — including those of masters men and women who competed on a chilly night at Balboa Stadium at the Jim Ryun Festival of Miles. With
Brad Barton a no-show (reportedly because he was prepping for a steeplechase), M45
Tim Gore became the favorite, and he won in 4:26.75. W45
Tania Fischer took the women’s race in 5:17.63. But all eyes were on 41-year-old Olympic bronze medalist
Deena Kastor (in Athens marathon), who had announced she was shooting for
Alisa Harvey’s W40 American mile record of 4:46.29. She was on pace for two laps, but fell short while running 30 seconds behind event winner
Sarah (formerly Bowman) Brown in 4:33.42 (and well ahead of third-placer
Bria Wetsch in 5:26.08). A surprise was seeing 55-year-old Olympian
Mary Decker Slaney win a mile in 3:24.86 — while pumping an upright ElliptiGO bike. My story and video — and my wife’s photos — are on Times of San Diego.
Check it out!
Top three men were Tim Gore, John Gardiner and Jim Sorenson.
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Congratulations Tim, John and Jim! Nicely done fellas! Sure would loved to have laced them up with you as per plan. Only a near perfect scenario for a 45-49 age-group Steeplechase world record attempt at the Music City Distance Carnival this weekend could change my plans. Actually, my famed Steeplechase coach, Chick Hislop, was pretty persuasive. He thinks I can get this done. There are several college kids who plan to run between 9:00 – 9:15 at the Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN) venue.
Can’t wait to lace ’em up another time guys.
http://cfpitiming.com/liveresults/2014_Outdoor/MCDC_2014/
Am I reading that right? 9:06!
Roger that Matt. What a thrill it was!
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