M60-64 Half Marathon: Humbert Dominates, Blue Makes It a Race Worth Watching

• Chris Humbert won the M60-64 group in 1:34:20 (7:12/mi), pulling away across the second half to take a clear victory.
• John Blue was the closest challenger, finishing 3:49 back in 1:38:09 — the only other sub-1:40 run in the group.
• A 9:25 gap separates 2nd from 3rd, with the back half of the field spread across nearly 90 minutes of racing.
• Eight men aged 60–64 finished on a warm November morning in Folsom — 74°F with humidity near 60%.

Chris Humbert of Mound, MN made his presence known early and only got stronger as the miles wore on. He entered the second half already climbing through the men's field, and his work in that closing stretch was the sharpest of anyone in the M60-64 group — posting the 7th-fastest second-half split among the men. At a 7:12-per-mile average, Humbert's 1:34:20 was a performance that stood well clear of the field.

John Blue of Sacramento kept it honest at the front. He ran a composed 7:29 pace through 1:38:09, and his Mile 10-to-Finish split ranked 11th among the men — a strong close that confirmed the gap to Humbert was about the first half, not the last. Robert Cathey, also of Folsom, rounded out the top three in 1:47:47, finishing with the 25th-fastest closing split among the men and running a steady 8:13 pace throughout.

Keith Holland (1:54:15) and Paul Sterk (2:08:50) filled out the top five, with Holland running 8:43/mi and Sterk at 9:50 — both showing the closing-split data that the Mile 10-to-Finish segment sorted the group cleanly, with each man's final ranking matching his finish position. Mike Jimenez (2:17:05), Robert Sindelar (2:29:40), and Andy Solari (3:04:24) completed the eight-man field, Solari finishing more than 90 minutes behind the winner on a day that tested everyone's resolve in the Folsom heat.