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Mark Kiptoo runs 2:15:24 for over-50 marathon record

Kiptoo averaged five minutes ten seconds per mile through rain and strong wind, and his over-fifty record had stood for thirty-five years; the leaders were barely ahead.

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Photo: Marie-Lan Nguyen · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorMark Kiptoo ran two hours, fifteen minutes, twenty-four seconds for a new over-fifty marathon record, taking four minutes and five seconds off one that stood thirty-five years.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThirteenth overall, nineteen seconds off the leaders, in rain and a strong wind. The over-fifty part was just on his bib.

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo is there a trophy for thirteenth?

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNineteen seconds. The only people who beat him were the ones allowed to be younger.

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