M60-64: Dulchinos Leads a Strong Bay Area Charge Through the Fog

• John Dulchinos, 61, of Los Gatos won the M60-64 race in 1:43:29 (7:54/mi), finishing nearly 1:30 ahead of runner-up Kenny Crampton.
• Kenny Crampton, 63, of Pacifica took 2nd in 1:44:58 (8:00/mi), with Yue Chen (1:49:31) and Les Wong (1:50:07) rounding out the podium in 3rd and 4th.
• Positions 8 and 9 — Liang Zhao (1:55:23) and Brian Durkin (1:55:27) — were separated by just four seconds across 13.1 miles.
• 36 men finished in the M60-64 field, with times ranging from Dulchinos's 1:43:29 down through the back half of the field past the 2:24 mark.

Under overcast San Francisco skies and 86% humidity, John Dulchinos ran the most commanding race in the M60-64 field. His 7:54/mi average was a clear step above the competition — Crampton's 8:00/mi was respectably quick, but Dulchinos was never truly threatened. Notably, Dulchinos's tracking data shows him climbing from 301st to 255th among men as the race progressed, meaning he was reeling in runners throughout the second half and closed with the 211th-fastest split on the final stretch from 10.9 miles to the finish — a strong push to the line.

Crampton, 63, out of Pacifica, earned his 2nd-place finish with some early aggression: he posted the 246th-fastest split in the field on the 2.95M–5M segment, the same stretch where Yue Chen (3rd, 1:49:31) also showed early speed with the 292nd-fastest split. But while Crampton faded in the gender standings through the second half — dropping from 236th to 298th among men — Chen steadied and held on to claim 3rd. Les Wong of Steamboat Springs, CO, was 4th in 1:50:07, closing with the 325th-fastest split on that final leg, just 36 seconds behind Chen at the line.

The battle for 5th through 9th was compact and entertaining. Michael Mendes (5th, 1:53:16) was a notable mover, climbing from 733rd to 491st among men — the most dramatic position gain visible in this group — before Jorge Wong-Valle (6th, 1:54:36) and Henry Su (7th, 1:54:57) finished within 21 seconds of each other. Then came Liang Zhao and Brian Durkin, 8th and 9th, separated by a mere four seconds (1:55:23 vs. 1:55:27) — both averaging 8:48/mi, a genuine near-miss across 13.1 miles of San Francisco's hills and bay wind.