M55-59 at Boston 2026: Sugathadasa Runs Away With It

• Gamini Sugathadasa wins the M55-59 group in 2:36:32 (5:58/mi) — the only finisher in the field to break 2:37.
• Vivian Foley takes 2nd in 2:37:57, a 1:25 gap back, having climbed steadily from her early position all the way to the podium.
• Yusheng Ni rounds out the top three in 2:40:49, with Paul Sadler (2:42:13) and Salvador Lopez Diaz De Rada (2:44:33) completing a tightly contested top five.
• 5th through 6th are separated by just 21 seconds — Lopez Diaz De Rada (2:44:33) edging Daniel Coates (2:44:54).

In a field of 1,491 finishers in the M55-59 age group, Gamini Sugathadasa made his intentions clear early and never let up. Running a 5:58/mi average on a cool, breezy Boston morning — 51°F with a 10 mph wind — he crossed in 2:36:32, a margin of nearly a minute and a half over anyone else in the group. That kind of gap at this level doesn't happen by accident; it's a dominant performance by any measure.

Behind him, Vivian Foley told a different kind of story. She was well back early in the race but ran one of the more patient, progressive efforts in the field, steadily reeling in competitors through the second half. Her 6:01/mi average held firm when many around her were fading, and her 2:37:57 finish earned a clear 2nd place. Yusheng Ni, by contrast, faded somewhat in the middle stages before steadying to finish 3rd in 2:40:49 at 6:08/mi — still a strong result in a competitive group.

Paul Sadler (4th, 2:42:13) and Salvador Lopez Diaz De Rada (5th, 2:44:33) filled out the top five, with the race's tightest battle coming right behind them: Lopez Diaz De Rada and Daniel Coates (6th, 2:44:54) were separated by just 21 seconds across 26.2 miles. Farnese Dasilva (7th, 2:46:20), Matthew Jull (8th, 2:47:02), and Jason Maddocks (9th, 2:47:42) kept the pressure on through the top ten, with Davide Borghesi rounding out that group in 2:48:35.