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Thursday, September 28, 2006

Brammer puts up 5th Sub-3 Hour '06 Marathon

Katy's Steve Brammer, now 55, won his age group Sunday, September 24th at Toronto's Waterfront Marathon with a time of 2:58:52.4 (gun).

It is his 5th sub 3-hour marathon of 2006! With the help of marathonguide.com, here are Brammer's results from this season:

2:58:42 -- Chevron Houston Marathon, January 15th (54)
2:54:29 -- Freescale Austin Marathon, February 19th (54)
2:57:08 -- 110th Boston Marathon, April 17th (54)
2:56:59 -- Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon, April 30th (54)
2:58:47 -- Toronto Waterfront Marathon, September 24th (55)

Katy's Cindy Laidlaw just narrowly missed slipping under 4 hours at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon as she recorded a chip time of 4:00:20.6 (gun time of 4:02:43.4).

And, of course, Canada's Ed Whitlock did it again!

It appears that Ed Whitlock's 3:08:34.5 at the age of 75 will set an all-time record for any marathoner of that age. According to the Association of Road Racing Statisticians (ARRS), Whitlock's time will defeat that of Italy's Luciano Acquarone and the United States' Warren Utes. Acquarone ran 3:10:57 at the Carpi (Italy) Marathon last October (on a point-to-point course) while Utes posted a 3:18:10 in the 1995 Chicago Marathon.

Whitlock now holds the best time ever for the ages of 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74 and now 75. (Oregon's John Keston holds the all-time record for a 71-year-old.)

posted by WalkSports.com | 12:33 AM

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