Marie-Louise Michelsohn runs fastest women’s mile ever over 70

Marie-Louise ran an AR 1500 in December.

Results from the Manhattan Armory’s latest Thursday Night at the Races aren’t online yet (that I can tell), but word arrives about yet another record for newby W70 Marie-Louise Michelsohn. She says she clocked a 6:45.8 mile. That crushes the listed indoor world record of 7:04.15 by Georgia legend Jeanne Daprano in 2007. Beating the old mark by nearly 20 seconds is amazing enough. But she also bettered the listed outdoor world age-group record of 6:47.91, also by Jeanne. On the Age-Graded Tables, her performance is equivalent to an open (ages 20-30) mark of 4:14.7, where the real indoor world record is 4:17.14 by Doina Melinte. Tonight, M35 Bernard Lagat will shoot for an indoor record in the 5K at the Millrose Games — at the same track. Masters relays also are planned. Shoot us your shots and stories.

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February 11, 2012

4 Responses

  1. tony young - February 11, 2012

    That is CRAZY talk! Congrats ML Michelsohn!

  2. Robert - February 11, 2012

    It was great seeing Marie-Louise Michelsohn in the Mile the other evening at the Armory. The crowd was cheering her on all the way to the finish line. Congrats and the great run.

  3. Joseph Burleson - February 13, 2012

    Marie-Louise’s numbers really add up when puts the throttle down. She is an amazing talent and is so exciting to watch, what with her unbelievably fast leg turnover and end-of-race tenacity. Congratulations! Between Liz and Marie and other recent record-breakers, the preconceptions about “aging” continue to be shattered. Imagine what the 50’s and 60’s AAU committes that denied our open age-group women the opportunity to run even middle distance events would think if we could magically transmit todays masters’ women’s times and distances back to them.

  4. Richard Moebius - April 23, 2012

    There is another over 70 girl pushing those
    fantastic numbers: Heide Moebius (and old friend
    of Jeanne Daprano)
    2009 Millersville, Pa. (outdoor) mile; 7:01(70 1/2)
    2009 US Nat’l Senior Olympics: 1500 in record 6:56,
    which was also 2009 9.th fastest in the world
    2007, 2009, 2011: Honorable Mention, Running Times
    “Masters of the Year”

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