Long Beach Half Marathon 2025: Kathi Glasshagel Wins the F75-79 Race in Dominant Fashion

• Glasshagel takes the title with a 3:03:07 finish at 13:58/mi — a full 14 minutes and 16 seconds ahead of runner-up Linda Townshend (3:17:23).
• Strongest closing kick: Glasshagel posted the 3,553rd-fastest women's split on the 10.8M-to-finish segment, the best closing split in the F75-79 field.
• Ae Ok Kim's late charge: Kim moved from outside the top four early to claim 4th (3:26:51), posting the 4,771st-fastest women's closing split — the second-best in the group on that final stretch.
• Seven finishers completed the half marathon, spanning nearly 75 minutes from first to last.

Kathi Glasshagel of Laguna Niguel put together the most commanding performance of the day among the F75-79 women. Running at 13:58/mi, the 78-year-old moved steadily through the women's field as the race progressed — climbing from 5,336th among women at the first checkpoint to 4,628th by the finish — and was never seriously threatened for the top spot. Her winning margin of over 14 minutes made this one of the cleaner victories on the day.

Behind her, Linda Townshend of Los Alamitos secured 2nd place in 3:17:23, though she ran a different kind of race — starting stronger in the women's standings (4,913th) before settling back slightly by the finish (5,197th). Maria Fernandez of Los Angeles crossed 3rd in 3:25:13, just 98 seconds ahead of Ae Ok Kim's 3:26:51 for 4th. Notably, Kim was the biggest mover in the group, climbing from 5,898th among women early on all the way to 5,486th at the finish, and her closing split from 10.8 miles in was the second-fastest in this field on that segment.

Daria Kelley of Encino finished 5th in 3:42:22 (16:58/mi), followed by Becky Wu of Santa Ana in 6th at 3:53:09. Linda Eberhart of Ridgecrest rounded out the seven-woman field in 4:17:46 — still a genuine half marathon finish at 19:40/mi for a 76-year-old, and worth every step.