Samuelson, 60, sets 10K record
Olympic marathon gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson joined nearly 6,500 runners Saturday in the road race that she created along the coastal roads where she trained in her native Cape Elizabeth, Maine.
Running alongside Deena Kastor, the 2004 Olympic bronze medalist, Samuelson, 60, finished the 20th Beach to Beacon 10-kilometer race in 39 minutes, 19 seconds, fast enough for a U.S. record in her division.
Saturday’s performance beat the U.S. record of 39:24 among women between 60 and 64 on the USA Track and Field website.
“Whenever you can celebrate in your hometown, that takes the cake,” said Samuelson, who won the Boston Marathon in 1979 and 1983 and took gold at the Los Angeles Games in the first Olympic marathon event open to women.
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