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Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running.These are the current world records in various five-year-groups, maintained by WMA, the World Association of Masters Athletes, which is designated by the World Athletics (formerly IAAF) to conduct the worldwide sport of Masters ...
This is a list of world records for Masters age groups in the sport of road running.The world governing body for masters athletics is World Masters Athletics (WMA). WMA conducts various world championships in what are called "non stadia" events, meaning races not held in the confines of a stadium.
Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least 3 km (1.9 mi). Physiologically, it is largely aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength.
40-44 3:57.91 Bernard Lagat: 1974-Dec-12 40 London, England 2015-Jul 25 London Grand Prix [27] 45-49 4:12.33 John Trautmann 1968-June-29 46 Boston: 2015-February-14 David Hemery Valentine Invitational 50-54 4:19.59 Brad Barton 1966-Apr-03 53 Nashville, Tennessee: 2019-May-31 Music City Distance Carnival [28] V: 55-59 4:36.94 Richard Burns 1955 ...
All of these factors make track and "football 40" performances essentially impossible to compare. The world best time for a "football 40" is 4.17 by Deion Sanders, while the extrapolated best for an Olympic-level athlete (including reacting to a starting gun) is 4.24 by Maurice Greene at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics.
Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...
LaDawn Jefferson is a New York City Police Department Administrative Aide and a runner. She's run over 30 races with New York Road Runners and beat two forms of cancer.
Brooks Running 50 km & Marathon Dorena Lake, United States [122] 50 miles (road/trail) 5:31:56 Courtney Olsen: 9 November 2024 Tunnel Hill 50 Mile Vienna, United States [123] 100 km: 7:00:48 Ann Trason United States September 16, 1995 IAU 100 km World Championships: Winschoten, Netherlands [124] 100 miles (road/trail) 12:42:40 Camille Herron: Nike