At the North Coast 12-hour run, held on the shores of Lake Erie in Cleveland, Ohio, Maria “Nica” Shields of Davidsonville again proved that age has nothing to do with achievements. At 67, Nica set the national record in her age group for the furthest distance run in 12 hours, running 63 laps of the course and totaling 55.557 miles.
Nica reports that with her crew Dani Seiss
she knew, after struggling though stomach issues and cold weather, that she had
the record after 60 laps, but wanted more so she went back out with 1 hour and
20 minutes left and was able to put down more miles to place her stamp on the
race.
Nica also holds the record
for the 60-64 year old age group, certified by the USATF. And Nica isn’t done
yet; she missed the world record by only seven miles, and vows to get it!
Congratulations to Nica for setting the record in a new age group.Note: Maria has previous articles here over the years. You can read them by doing a "search" for her (upper left hand corner).
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