Many Canadian distance runners made their solution to Texas this previous weekend for the 2024 Chevron Houston Marathon. Among the best performances got here from Calgary masters runner Maria Zambrano, who positioned twentieth total in a brand new Canadian W50+ masters document of two:44:34.
Zambrano, 53, shattered her earlier finest of two:46:14 from the 2022 TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon by practically two minutes. Her earlier PB additionally stood because the Canadian document for the W50-54 age group.
It was an unimaginable run for the 53-year-old Zambrano, who was the fourth Canadian lady to cross the end line. She additionally received the ladies’s 50-54 age class by 12 minutes.
Tatyana Pozdniakova of Ukraine holds the world document for the W50-54 age group. She clocked an distinctive 2:31:05 at age 50 on the 2005 L.A. Marathon.
Zambrano has two Canadian data to her identify. She additionally holds the masters half-marathon mark of 1:16:57 for the W50-54 age group. In a 2022 interview, Zambrano mentioned her mantra for operating properly into her 50s was the motivation to encourage different girls her age. “I feel there’s no secret. It’s simply doing the coaching and being constant and eager to do it,” she mentioned.
Zambrano was certainly one of 4 Canadian girls within the prime 20 in Houston. Leslie Sexton of Markham, Ont., was the highest Canadian finisher, operating to a private finest of two:28:14 for eighth place. Canadian marathon document holder Natasha Wodak was the second lady to cross the end line, following Sexton for ninth in 2:28:42. In her return to the space, 2016 Olympian Lanni Marchant positioned fifteenth in 2:38:32.
You possibly can view the complete outcomes from the 2024 Chevron Houston Marathon right here.
