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Joan Benoit Samuelson '79 Sets Second Chicago Marathon Record

Story posted October 11, 2010

Joan Benoit Samuelson '79

Two records, 25 years apart. Joan Benoit Samuelson ’79 crushed the Chicago Marathon in 1985 in 2:21:21, a record that would stand until 2003.

Sunday, the 53-year-old Olympic gold medalist and two-time Boston Marathon winner returned to the windy city to run the course in 2:47:50 — just shy of the 2:46:00 qualifying time she needed to enter the 2012 Olympic Marathon trials but good for a new American record in the women's 50-54 age group.

"I'm very pleased with my race today, given the conditions and the pressure I put on myself," she told Runner's World.

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