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I have never been to or even watched a marathon before, so maybe I am easily impressed. Yesterday on my run I ran across a marathon race (they were running along/sharing an open public trail), and I saw a very young girl running in it with a bib number. She looked like an 8 years old to me because she's so short and tiny. I was so impressed that I decided to look up the race result today. She's in the 10-14 age bracket and she finished in 4:01. Maybe this is not unusual in the world of running (I claim ignorance) but I'm just in awe...
No. That is definitely pretty cool. Good for her!!!
2013 Goals
Weight - 200 lbs (currently 217)
2000 miles
Marathon - 3:15 (BQ)
HM - 1:32
10k - 42:00
5k - 20:00
I'm surprised. Many marathons have a minimal age of 18 for entry.
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(cough cough) I ran a 4:03 a few weeks ago) WOW, that is incredible !
I was sick tho - LOL
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I remember seeing Aurora Scott at the Richmond Marathon 1999.
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Just checked our most recent local marathon. The youngest was a 14 year old male, who did it in 3:48.
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I've seen 16 and 13 as minimum ages, I've also seen under 16 needing medical release form.
There was a 9 year old in my half last year who finished right around 1:50. He was on pace for <1:45 but struggled the last 1.5
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