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Jeannie Rice not only won the W75-79 age category at the London Marathon by 30 minutes–she also would have won the men's category

At the 2024 TCS London Marathon, 76-year-old running sensation Jeannie Rice shattered her own world record in the women’s 75-79 age group, clocking in at an impressive three hours, 33 minutes and 27 seconds. She surpassed her previous world record set just last October in Chicago (at age 75) by more than a minute.

Rice not only won the W75-79 age category at the TCS London Marathon by 30 minutes, she also would’ve won the men’s 75-79 category by 11 minutes. She averaged a ridiculous 5:03/km (or eight-minute mile pace) at age 76 for 42.2K. 

Rice told the media post-race that she was happy to have run an age-group record, but was hoping to finish closer to three hours and 30 minutes. “I fell off in the first few miles… I guess I’ll have to figure it out and run better in Berlin,” she said.