Radcliffe runs first marathon in 10 years elderly 51

Radcliffe’s closing aggressive marathon was once the 2015 London Marathon [Getty Images]Former global document holder Paula Radcliffe ran her first aggressive marathon in a decade on Sunday in Tokyo.Radcliffe, 51, completed in a time of 2 hours, 57 mins and 26 seconds – 10 years after finishing her glittering athletics profession on the 2015 London Marathon.The Briton held the arena document for 16 years from 2003 with a time of two:15:25 sooner than it was once damaged via Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei in 2019.And her former document was once nonetheless sooner than that recorded via Sunday’s winner, Ethiopia’s Sutume Asefa Kebede, who defended her Tokyo identify in 2:16:31.Kenya’s Winfridah Moraa Moseti was once 2nd in 2:16:56, with Ethiopia’s Hawi Feysa 3rd in 2:17:00.The lads’s race was once gained via Ethiopia’s Tadese Takele in a time of two:03:23 for his first primary marathon identify.Ethiopia’s Deresa Geleta was once 2nd in 2:03:51, with Kenya’s Vincent Kipkemoi Ngetich 3rd in 2:04:00.Uganda’s double Olympic observe champion Joshua Cheptegei got here 9th.Radcliffe may even participate in subsequent month’s Boston Marathon as she objectives to compete in all six primary marathons.She lately instructed Athletics Weekly: “I became 50 closing 12 months, am now 51, and excited about the targets I have were given left a type of was once all the time to tick off the six marathon majors.”For many of my profession it was once 5 after which Tokyo was once added so I by no means in point of fact had the chance to race Tokyo. And Boston I by no means did as it was once so with regards to London.”Along with London, Boston and Tokyo, the opposite primary marathons are Berlin, Chicago and New York.