{"id":330576,"date":"2025-12-07T15:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T15:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/330576\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T15:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T15:56:10","slug":"canadas-malindi-elmore-smashes-national-45-masters-record-at-valencia-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/330576\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada’s Malindi Elmore smashes national 45+ masters record at Valencia Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"

On a warm Sunday morning in Valencia, Spain, Canada\u2019s Malindi Elmore<\/a> delivered a performance for the ages, running 2:24:53 to establish a new Canadian 45+ masters record and demolish the previous mark (held by Krista Duchene<\/a>) by 14 minutes. The 45-year-old, once Canada\u2019s marathon record holder, turned in her third-best time, missing her 2020 Houston mark by only three seconds and finishing 12th woman overall. Elmore\u2019s time slots in as the fourth-fastest women\u2019s marathon by a Canadian, trailing only her own quicker marks and Natasha Wodak\u2019s national record.<\/p>\n

Elmore, who lives in Kelowna, B.C., and works as a coach when she\u2019s not racing, has been remarkably steady at the marathon for years. She pointed out the span she\u2019s managed to hold on social media post-race: \u201cSix years now of running consistently in the 2:23-2:28 range every year\u2014and at 45.75 years old (haha every month counts now!).\u201d The unexpectedly warm day caught up to Malindi in the second half of the race, and she wrote that she \u201chit a 10km rough patch between 25\u201335 km\u201d before settling again for the final stretch. She reset her expectations mid-race and went hunting for sub-2:25, finishing with six seconds to spare.<\/p>\n

Valencia delivers speed again<\/p>\n

The Valencia Marathon is widely regarded as one of the fastest, most competitive road marathons in the world, with its flat, sea-level course winding through historic city streets and finishing next to the iconic architectural complex City of Arts and Sciences. The event draws elite fields and large crowds, making it a prime venue for record attempts. This year\u2019s elite men\u2019s race was won by Kenya\u2019s John Korir<\/a>, who crossed the line in 2:02:24. Korir won the Boston Marathon earlier this year in the second-fastest finish in the race\u2019s history, despite falling and losing his bib early in the race. On Sunday, he was followed by Amanal Petros (Germany) in second with 2:04:03, and Awet Kibrab (Norway) in third with 2:04:24, who both set new national records.<\/p>\n

On the women\u2019s side, fellow Kenyan star Joyciline Jepkosgei claimed victory with a blistering 2:14:00, setting a new course record and running the world-leading marathon time this year (and the fourth fastest women\u2019s marathon time in history). Runner-up was her compatriot Peres Jepchirchir<\/a>, who finished in 2:14:43, and third place went to Chloe Herbiet of Belgium in 2:20:38.<\/p>\n

Other standout performances<\/p>\n

Elmore wasn\u2019t the only one turning heads on the Canadian front. Elissa Legault<\/a> cracked the 2:30 barrier, finishing in 2:29:05 for 23rd. Her time was a significant PB for her and set a new Qu\u00e9bec marathon standard.<\/p>\n

On the international stage, former Olympic triathlon champion Alex Yee<\/a> sped to a 2:06:38 finish, good for seventh place and the second-fastest marathon ever by a British athlete, trailing only Mo Farah. The performance follows his marathon debut in London this spring, a 2:11:08 effort that put him 14th.<\/p>\n

For full results of the 2025 Valencia Marathon, head here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On a warm Sunday morning in Valencia, Spain, Canada\u2019s Malindi Elmore delivered a performance for the ages, running…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[145722,49,48,145723,145724,145725,145726,145727,145728,44,145729],"class_list":["post-330576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-alex-yee","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-masters-marathoners","tag-canadian-womens-masters-marathon-record","tag-elissa-legault","tag-john-korir","tag-joyciline-jepkosgei","tag-malindi-elmore","tag-news","tag-valencia-marathon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}