I notice the split and gender-place data in this payload appears to be mislabeled — the "moves" reference women's splits and gender places for athletes in the M40-49 age group, which doesn't match. I'll use only what's clearly reliable: finishing places, times, and paces.

M40-49: Tim Larson Runs Away With It in Auburn

• Tim Larson won the M40-49 age group in 3:54:26 (9:23/mi), finishing more than 35 minutes ahead of 2nd place.
• Gary Singh claimed 2nd in 4:29:35, holding off Mahesh Reghupathy (3rd, 5:04:52) by 35 minutes as well.
• The back half of the field spread wide: Jeremy Brown (4th) and Bill Rutgers (5th) finished in 5:54:59 and 6:19:08 respectively — over two hours behind Larson.
• Five M40-49 men finished on a clear, mild day in Auburn — ideal conditions that made the gaps all the more telling.

Tim Larson made the M40-49 race his own from the outset. The 42-year-old from Folsom covered 25 miles at a 9:23/mi clip — a pace that left no doubt at the front. His 3:54:26 wasn't just a win; it was a statement, landing him more than half an hour clear of the next man in his age group.

Gary Singh, also out of Folsom, ran a composed race to take 2nd in 4:29:35. He held a steady 10:47/mi and never let Mahesh Reghupathy of Pleasanton get close. Reghupathy, the eldest of the group at 49, crossed in 5:04:52 — a creditable 12:12/mi effort that secured 3rd with room to spare over the back two finishers.

Jeremy Brown and Bill Rutgers — both 46, both from the Sacramento area — rounded out the five-man field. Brown's 5:54:59 put him 50 minutes behind Reghupathy, and Rutgers added another 24 minutes on top of that with a 6:19:08 finish. On a day with barely a breath of wind and temperatures in the low 60s, the spread across M40-49 came down purely to legs.