41 Year old Sinead Diver runs 2:25.19 at Melbourne Marathon

I was there, I ought to know wrote:

George213 wrote:

Btw, interestingly enough, she ran 37:54 for 12k, which, despite being a rarely run event, should be her strongest pb on calculators (equivalent to a 2:24-flat marathon according to Jack Danials VDOT table).

Downhill course.

No. Slight uphill at the start then relatively flat through 12k. Course finishes adjacent to the start so net flat, not downhill. Projected finish was always around 2:26 so I presume she was targeting the course record. Picked it up after Rayner dropped at 36k. There is a good downhill approaching the finish so she would have gained some time there.

YMMV wrote:

Possibly a clean WR for masters, as the two women ahead of her on the list are of Russian origin. Beats Priscilla Welch by 1:52

I kept wondering what a Sinead Diver was, and how long she could hold her breath.

Than I got to page 2, and realized that's her name.

Irish runners are chancers. Several EPO dopers caught the past 10 yrs.

Ummmm, ever heard of Cathal Lombard?

Ghost in hiding wrote:

Irish athletes don't dope. Its not in their character

Ummmm, ever heard of Cathal Lombard?

Imagine what she could have done if she optimized her running with her age - WR???

This is better than every single "elite" US female runners of any age. And everyone here were so focused on Gwen and Jordan.

It's fun to read the old messages about Cathal Lombard, here at Letsrun.

After his superb 10000 meters, an "american tourist" claims he must be on drugs, because of the huge

progress in the last 2 years. Lots of letsrunners defend him, not knowing what is about to come. Lombard later

admits to EPO abuse.

Fantastic run and an inspiration for aussie female distance runners!

I'm 27 and not going to like I'd tap that booty. Sorry older brahs, but you're outta luck, if she was to choose she would clearly choose this young buck.

coahc wrote:

Fantastic run and an inspiration for aussie female distance runners!

If they have marathon potential get into the event mid 20s rather than wait until they've reached their best on the track. Sinead came to running late and she could still run faster but could have been a 2:20 runner if she'd started younger.

YoungBuck1 wrote:

I'm 27 and not going to like I'd tap that booty. Sorry older brahs, but you're outta luck, if she was to choose she would clearly choose this young buck.

Actually, she'd choose her husband.

Armstronglivs wrote:

So a middle-aged woman is running as fast as the best (young) men in the - cough - pre-doping era. As usual, nothing to see here.

But the best men had no pacers, no energy drinks and ran in crappier shoes at the time, not to mention worse training. And when was the pre-doping era anyway?

Armstronglivs wrote:

George213 wrote:

But the best men had no pacers, no energy drinks and ran in crappier shoes at the time, not to mention worse training. And when was the pre-doping era anyway?

So she trains harder than Zatopek did? (And if he was doping it makes her performance all the more ludicrous).

Well, he was a 5k/10k specialist, so I doubt he trained as hard for the marathon as he did for the 5k and 10k. And his 5k and 10k times are more in line with a 2:12 marathon, which is way faster than 2:25.

Armstronglivs wrote:

George213 wrote:

But the best men had no pacers, no energy drinks and ran in crappier shoes at the time, not to mention worse training. And when was the pre-doping era anyway?

So she trains harder than Zatopek did? (And if he was doping it makes her performance all the more ludicrous).

Ah a strawman appears. Highschool boys are running faster than Zatopek did without half the hard training he did and This womanis far from a sub-14 and 29 10k runner by the way. Those old foggies from the 50's didn't know how to train for the marathon. There's a reason his training regiment went out with the dinosaurs but you won't listen to that because you're too stupid and have an agenda.

Men's age 41 record 2:08:42

41 year old female = 2:22:13