Mary Coordt 2nd at 50K World Championships
This weekend, Mary Coordt of Elk Grove, known to many local runners as “that woman in front of me” finished 2nd place in Sunday’s IAU World 50Km championships.
The race, held in Galway City, Ireland, included a deep field of the world’s best ultra distance runners.
In the process of her silver finish, Coordt, 41, has tentatively set a new American masters record of 3:28:30, besting Oregonian Kami Semick’s time of 3:29:47 from last year’s championship on the island of Gibraltar.
The weather was fine up until race day which brought wind and rain, says Coordt. “But the worst was the cars and exhaust…and I got almost hit twice, had to stop. And no one to run with for the entire 50k!”
The top woman was Susan Harrison of Great Britain, who finished in a rather brisk 3:15:42.
The men’s race was won by Collen Makaza, of Zimbabwe, in 2:47:21. The top American man was the amazingly durable Michael Wardian, who finished 3rd in 2:54:56.
Congratulations Mary!
Mary Coordt, center, lines up with some other local speedsters at a Davis track meet. Photo by Abe Underwood.
Results are at:
1http://www.galwaycitymarathon.com/news/152-race-results