American masters runner Betty Lindberg is nothing in need of wonderful. On Thursday morning, the 99-year-old was the oldest finisher on the annual AJC Peachtree 10K Highway Race in Atlanta, held yearly on U.S. Independence Day, finishing it in three hours and eight minutes.
99 YEARS OLD AND STILL GOING STRONG 💪
Betty Lindberg has crossed yet one more AJC Peachtree Highway Race end line together with her household and continues to make historical past ✨
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— AJC Peachtree Highway Race (@ajcprr) July 4, 2024
Lindberg didn’t begin operating till she was 63, and he or she has run the AJC Peachtree 10K Highway Race 35 occasions within the final 36 years. Though her operating days are behind her, she now goes for what she calls “fast strolls” round her neighbourhood.
The ladies’s 90+ division at this yr’s AJC Peachtree 10K was deep, with Lindberg ending fourth out of 5 runners in her age group. She accomplished the race alongside her son Craig, who’s 68, her grandson Eric, and varied different members of the family.
97-year-old girl shocked after breaking age-group 5K world document
Lindberg has many American masters operating accolades to her identify, together with the American W95+ 5K document: 59 minutes and 6 seconds. She held the world document for the age class till Canada’s personal Rejeanne Fairhead set a brand new 5K document on the 2023 Ottawa Race Weekend, smashing Lindberg’s time by eight minutes (51:09).
The winners of Thursday’s AJC Peachtree 10K Highway Race had been Kenya’s Sebastian SaweSebastian Sawe and Stacy Ndiwa. Sawe is the defending world half marathon champion and is the top-ranked street runner on the planet, in keeping with World Athletics. He broke the tape in Atlanta in a time of 28 minutes and three seconds.
