Cleveland Marathon 5K: Lorrine Ladyzhensky Owns the F80-99 Age Group

• Lorrine Ladyzhensky, 83, of Lakewood, OH — 1st in F80-99 — finished in 59:25 (19:07/mi avg)
• Sole finisher in the F80-99 age group — the win was uncontested, but the effort was anything but
• Conditions: 67°F, 83% humidity, 15 mph wind — a legitimately tough day to cover 3.1 miles

There was only one woman willing to toe the line in the F80-99 age group at the 2026 Cleveland Marathon 5K, and her name is Lorrine Ladyzhensky. The 83-year-old from Lakewood, Ohio crossed the finish line in 59:25 — and that's not a time to gloss over. That's 3.1 miles on foot, at 83 years old, in humid May air with a 15 mph wind cutting through Cleveland.

A 19:07-per-mile pace tells you this wasn't a sprint, but it was never supposed to be. It was a commitment — to show up, to move, to finish. On a day when the humidity sat at 83% and the wind wasn't doing anyone any favors, simply completing a 5K at that age is a story worth telling. Ladyzhensky did exactly that.

She takes the F80-99 title outright, and honestly, the win feels secondary to the fact that she was out there at all. Not many 83-year-olds are pinning on a race bib in Cleveland in May. Lorrine Ladyzhensky did — and she has the finish time to prove it.