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‘Ultrageezer’ breaks 50K world record for 70-plus age group
PHILADELPHIA Gene Dykes has done it again.At 73, the runner from Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, recently shattered the 50-kilometer world record for his age group, posting a time of 3 hours, 56 minutes and 43 seconds.
by Tom Avril
The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)
Jul. 3 2021 @ 11:05pm
Gene Dykes, shown training near his Bala Cynwyd home in 2019, broke his age-group record this week at the USATF 50-kilometer road race in East Islip, NY. (Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)
PHILADELPHIA Gene Dykes has done it again.
At 73, the runner from Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, recently shattered the 50-kilometer world record for his age group, posting a time of 3 hours, 56 minutes and 43 seconds.
Ultrageezer breaks 50K world record for 70-plus age group
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