Fiona beat ladies young enough to be her kids.
W55
Fiona Matheson set a 1500 world indoor record of 4:56.51 at the Scottish Open Championships on Jan. 28,
reports Athletics Weekly. “She finished fifth in a race won by Ireland’s
Emma Mitchell in 4:16.20.”
(See results here.) The listed WR is 4:58.13 by Spain’s
Aurora Perez in 2013 (The listed American record is 4:58.7 by
Kathy Martin in 2007.) See
great profile of Fiona: “It is all a far cry from the girl who hated running at school. ‘No wonder I didn’t like it,’ she exclaims. ‘You put on plimsolls and it was absolutely freezing wearing these little shorts and T-shirts in the snow.'” Fiona also hold listed W50 indoor 3K record (9:56.39) and the W50 outdoor 10K record (35:05.7). Nice range, lassie.
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Congratulations to Fiona! The Scots are a tough breed! For anyone wondering, plimsolls are the British equivalent of canvas shoes and were either black, or white and with elastic, or laces and no cushioning. When I was in P.E. college, we had a fellow student called Barbara Plimsoll- a name that, at the time, we thought was highly fitting for a P.E. teacher. 🙂
I am rooting for Lorraine Jasper to go after those records, but obviously they were set by incredible athletes.
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