How a Masters Runner Set Three American Records in Two Days
Dan King, 61, hit the age-group marks for the mile, 3,000 meters, and 5,000 meters in just over 24 hours. Kajsa Swanson
It took a little more than 24 hours for 61-year-old Dan King to rewrite the men’s outdoor track record book in his age group.
On December 11, at the Five and Dime meet in Columbia, South Carolina, King ran the mile in 4:52.68, shaving 0.33 seconds off the existing 60–64 record of 4:53.01, set by Nolan Shaheed in 2012.
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The following day, King stepped on the track for the 5,000 meters and finished in 16:48.67, which bettered the previous mark (16:52.00) that had stood since 1985. King averaged 5:24 per mile pace. En route to the 5,000 record, King passed 3,000 meters in 9:58.77, making it three records on the weekend. (The previously held record for the distance, which is rarely run outdoors, was 10:07.58. Shaheed still hold