World Masters Championships, Lahti, Finland - 8th August
Dennis Walmsley of Bourton Roadrunners has become the World Masters' Champion for the second time in his running career. This time the title was for the Vet 45 Masters' Marathon, held in Lahti Finland on Saturday 8th. He was less than a minute off the third placed Vet 40 runner and less than 3 minutes behind the overall winner, with his time of 2 hours 33 minutes and 17 seconds.
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Dennis was elated to add this title, which he keeps for 2 years, to his previous 100K World Masters Champion which he achieved in Taiwan as a Vet 40.
Report Highlights
Dennis Walmsley collects his 2nd World Masters Title.
Vet 45 Marathon Results:
1st Dennis Walmsley, GB&NI - 2:33:17
2nd Javia Colomo, Spain - 2:39:43
3rd Ismo Pudas, Finland - 2:40:09
Vet 40 Marathon Results:
1st Sergey Perminov, Russia - 2:30:27
2nd Georg Ruess, Austria - 2:31:07
3rd Lauri Friari, Finland - 2:32:42
Other reports may be found on our recent race reports page.