W80-89: Ana Maria Lomo Portela Wins the Oldest Women's Battle in NYC

• Ana Maria Lomo Portela, 81, took the W80-89 title in 3:54:45 (17:54/mi), steadily climbing through the women's field across the full race.
• Yue Qin Fu, 85, completed the course in 5:20:54 (24:29/mi) — the older of the two by four years, and still running 13.1 miles through New York City at 85.
• The gap between them: 1:26:09 — a wide margin, but both finished the United Airlines NYC Half.

In a field of just two, the W80-89 age group delivered something rare: two women in their eighties racing a half marathon through the streets of New York on a crisp 40°F morning. Ana Maria Lomo Portela, 81, came all the way from La Laguna in the Canary Islands to claim the win, crossing in 3:54:45 at a 17:54/mi pace. And she didn't just hold steady — she moved. Her position among all women improved from 13,324th at the first checkpoint to 11,711th by 20K, a gain of over 1,600 places, before her 10,672nd-fastest women's split on the 20K-to-finish stretch carried her home.

Yue Qin Fu, 85 years old and a New Yorker racing in her own city, finished in 5:20:54 at 24:29/mi. Her trajectory through the women's field told a different story — she held her position from the start and finished where she began, consistently at the back of a massive women's field. But at 85, finishing a half marathon is the story. Her 13,657th-fastest women's split on the final stretch still represents a woman in her mid-eighties running through Central Park to the finish line.

Two finishers. A combined age of 166. Both crossed the line.