F75-79: Sue Landa Claims Peachtree in 1:05:27

• Sue Landa won the F75-79 race in 1:05:27 (10:32/mi), nearly two minutes clear of runner-up Kathy Allen.
• Kathy Allen (Decatur) finished 2nd in 1:07:25, with the strongest finishing stretch among the top five — her 4M→5M split ranked 4,830th among all women, the best of any top-five finisher in that segment.
• Flavia Marin held 3rd in 1:12:45, but faded over the back half, slipping from 6,736th among women at 4M to 7,217th at the finish.
• Places 8 and 9 went to two athletes both named Patricia Burns, both age 76, both from Atlanta — finishing in 1:20:57 and 1:20:58, one second apart.

In a field of 154 women aged 75–79 tackling Atlanta's Peachtree on a humid July morning, Sue Landa of LaGrange made a steady, relentless march through the women's field. She entered the 3M→4M stretch ranked 5,105th among all women and emerged from it at 4,752nd — her best single-mile gain of the race, posting the 3,871st-fastest women's split on that segment. She crossed in 1:05:27, running 10:32 per mile from wire to wire.

Kathy Allen gave chase throughout and kept the gap honest, finishing 1:58 back in 2nd. Her best moment came in the 4M→5M stretch, where her 4,830th-fastest women's split on that segment was the sharpest move of any top-five finisher over that mile. She held her position among all women nearly unchanged from 4M to the line — a sign of a well-paced second half.

Flavia Marin of Smyrna secured 3rd in 1:12:45, but the race's second half cost her. After sitting 6,736th among all women at the 4M mark, she slipped to 7,217th by the finish, losing ground she couldn't recover. Linda Watt (4th, 1:15:40) and Lida Ludwick (5th, 1:16:43) rounded out the top five, separated by just over a minute between them.

The finish line produced one of the race's stranger footnotes: two runners named Patricia Burns, both 76, both from Atlanta, crossed in 1:20:57 and 1:20:58 — one second and two places apart, 8th and 9th in the F75-79 field.