Lois Gilmore canâ??t remember the last time she placed second in her age group in a footrace. Thatâ??s not a boast, she assures. Often, there simply arenâ??t many other runners her age.
“I think Iâ??ve eliminated a lot of the competition by now,” she says, laughing.
At 78, Gilmore, of Janesville, is often the oldest runner in a race. But what a runner. Running Times magazine just named her the fastest runner in the country for women ages 75-79. Saturday, she will attempt to win her age group for the sixth consecutive year at the 2009 Crazylegs Classic.