world masters record Archives - Canadian Running Magazine https://runningmagazine.ca/tag/world-masters-record/ For running news, nutrition & training tips, gear and race reviews for the Canadian running community Thu, 12 Jun 2025 18:40:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://runningmagazine.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-running-site-icon-32x32.png world masters record Archives - Canadian Running Magazine https://runningmagazine.ca/tag/world-masters-record/ 32 32 213543699 70-year-old Canadian smashes 200m world record https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/70-year-old-canadian-smashes-200m-world-record/ https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/70-year-old-canadian-smashes-200m-world-record/#respond Fri, 28 Mar 2025 16:47:56 +0000 https://runningmagazine.ca/?p=135645 Ottawa's Wendy Alexis has torn up the track at the World Masters Indoor Championships in Florida

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]]> https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/70-year-old-canadian-smashes-200m-world-record/feed/ 0 135645 Irish woman sets masters mile world record https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/irish-woman-sets-masters-mile-world-record/ https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/irish-woman-sets-masters-mile-world-record/#respond Wed, 04 Dec 2024 21:11:50 +0000 https://runningmagazine.ca/?p=128787 The 60-year-old took three seconds off the previous record of five minutes and 30 seconds

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]]> https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/irish-woman-sets-masters-mile-world-record/feed/ 0 128787 American masters icon Julia “Hurricane” Hawkins dies at 108 https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/american-masters-icon-julia-hurricane-hawkins-dies-at-108/ https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/american-masters-icon-julia-hurricane-hawkins-dies-at-108/#respond Thu, 24 Oct 2024 21:12:57 +0000 https://runningmagazine.ca/?p=126178 Hawkins began her track and field career at age 100

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]]> https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/american-masters-icon-julia-hurricane-hawkins-dies-at-108/feed/ 0 126178 Irish athlete becomes first woman over 60 to run sub-five-minute metric mile https://runningmagazine.ca/sections/runs-races/irish-athlete-becomes-first-woman-over-60-to-run-sub-five-minute-metric-mile/ https://runningmagazine.ca/sections/runs-races/irish-athlete-becomes-first-woman-over-60-to-run-sub-five-minute-metric-mile/#respond Tue, 27 Aug 2024 15:31:53 +0000 https://runningmagazine.ca/?p=122558 One of the standout performances at the 2024 World Masters Championships came from Irish middle-distance runner Anne Gilshinan, who became the first woman over 60 to run under five minutes for the 1,500m

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]]> https://runningmagazine.ca/sections/runs-races/irish-athlete-becomes-first-woman-over-60-to-run-sub-five-minute-metric-mile/feed/ 0 122558 Canadian masters running icon Helly Visser dies at 89 https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/canadian-masters-running-icon-helly-visser-dies-at-89/ https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/canadian-masters-running-icon-helly-visser-dies-at-89/#respond Mon, 04 Dec 2023 22:11:12 +0000 https://runningmagazine.ca/?p=108267 Visser still holds three world masters records in the W80+ category and was inducted into the Canadian Masters Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010

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]]> https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/canadian-masters-running-icon-helly-visser-dies-at-89/feed/ 0 108267 Elizabeth Waywell shatters two Canadian masters records at Chicago Marathon https://runningmagazine.ca/sections/runs-races/elizabeth-waywell-shatters-canadian-w65-marathon-half-marathon-records/ https://runningmagazine.ca/sections/runs-races/elizabeth-waywell-shatters-canadian-w65-marathon-half-marathon-records/#respond Wed, 11 Oct 2023 14:30:19 +0000 https://runningmagazine.ca/?p=105268 The Guelph, Ont., runner topped her division in Chicago on Sunday to claim her eighth and ninth Canadian masters records

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