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"  Photo: Getty Images The 2014 Suja Rock &amp;#039;n&amp;#039; Roll San Diego Marathon and Half-Marathon this past weekend was stacked with some fierce competition including this year&amp;#039;s Boston Marathon female winner Rita Jeptoo, Olympic marathoner Ryan Hall, and this year&amp;#039;s Boston Marathon champion, hometown hero Meb Keflezighi (who, at 39, was the oldest winner since 1930). &amp;quot;You can&amp;#039;t top Boston,&amp;quot; Keflezighi told us before Sunday&amp;#039;s race. &amp;quot;I still love to compete, but it&amp;#039;s not going to be at that level. Here in San Diego, it&amp;#039;s just going to be about fun and maybe taking a few selfies with people along the way.&amp;quot; Meb wasn&amp;#039;t chasing any world records on Sunday, but 91-year-old Harriette Thompson certainly was. Thompson, who finished the 26.2-mile course in 7 hours, 7 minutes, and 42 seconds, broke the record for the fastest marathon in U.S. history for the 90-94 year old age group. As if that wasn&amp;#039;t already impressive enough, she also became the second oldest marathon runner in U.S. history. And to think most people in their 20s can barely run a few miles\u2026 Thompson&amp;#039;s story proves it&amp;#039;s never too late to start pounding the pavement. She ran her first San Diego Marathon in her 70s! What inspired her to start? &amp;quot;I learned that a friend of mine at church ran a marathon and raised money for charity, and having dealt with cancer in my past, I wanted to raise awareness with the Leukemia &amp;amp;amp; Lymphoma Society,&amp;quot; she told us after the race on Sunday. She has now run a total of 15 SD marathons and reportedly generated more than $90,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Team in Training.  Photo: Getty Images She wasn&amp;#039;t able to compete in the race last year because the cancer survivor was fighting squamous cell carcinoma on her legs. She didn&amp;#039;t let it stop her this time around, even though she just went through nine radiation treatments. She was all smiles on Sunday. Her favorite part of the race, &amp;quot;other than the finish,&amp;quot; was the series of musical acts along the way. &amp;quot;I enjoyed the bands, especially the drummers,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;Plus, I got a kick out of Meb coming over to take a picture with me at the start.&amp;quot;  While the Boston Marathon champ told us he usually likes to celebrate a race with a nice omelette or a steak, Thompson opted for something a little lighter. &amp;quot;After the marathon, I enjoyed a popsicle,&amp;quot; she said. We hope she had more than one? She certainly earned it.  If you want to join the marathoner ranks with Thompson and Meb, visit runrocknroll.competitor.com to find a race near you. Races, (they have also just announced several new short distance races, including a series of 5ks), are $20 off on June 4th in honor of National Running Day.  Related: Why I Run Sprints and Lift Weights (Competitively) With my 72-Year-Old Mother Related: The Workout Meets Obstacle Race Designed for Women, by Women  Related: I Worked Out Like Karlie Kloss for a Month "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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