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Dan King

Dan King

Masters distance runner from Boulder, Colorado and world record holder — first person over 60 to break 4:50 in the mile.

Sep 20, 2026

7:37
Well, in saying that, how did you fare? How did you position yourself in that particular race?
7:42
I ended up, I think I ended up like eighth in the 50 to 54 age group.
7:50
And, you know, it was, like I said, it was an eye opener.
7:52
It was sort of early season for me.
7:54
I hadn't come into it at my best fitness, but it still just gave me sort of this feel of like, This, uh, I, again, you know, when you line up at the start of a cross country race and there's like literally, let's say 400 people wide, that is just a, that's just a crazy, uh, thing about this sport.
8:15
And it's just something I've just always loved.
8:17
And, um, so I had, I had an okay, uh, an okay outcome.

18 MINS LATER

26:17
So how has it evolved to now?

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