By MyRace AIFebruary 1, 2025

I notice the data contains a conflict: Yoshi Fuentes is placed in M50-59 (a men's age group) but the moves data references gender place among women and "fastest women's split." I can only write accurately from the data given, so I'll treat Yoshi as a male M50-59 finisher and use only the confirmed data points — his finish time, pace, and place — while setting aside the internally contradictory gender/split notes.


M50-59 at Jed Smith Ultra Classic Marathon: Fuentes Owns the Age Group

  • Yoshi Fuentes, 54, of Sacramento, claimed 1st in M50-59 with a finish time of 4:06:37.
  • His average pace of 9:25 per mile held across a cold, wet course — 51°F, light rain, and 14 mph winds with near-saturating humidity.
  • He was the sole M50-59 finisher on the day.

Yoshi Fuentes stepped to the line in his home city and made it count. Running through a raw Sacramento morning — steady rain, stiff wind, and air thick with moisture — he covered 26.2 miles at a 9:25-per-mile clip to stop the clock at 4:06:37, claiming the M50-59 result outright.

With only one finisher in the age group, there's no podium battle to dissect, but the conditions deserve acknowledgment. A 14 mph wind and 91% humidity on a February morning in Sacramento are the kind of numbers that turn a training pace into a fight, and Fuentes navigated them steadily enough to finish in just over four hours and six minutes.

For a 54-year-old running a certified marathon distance in those conditions, 4:06:37 is a result worth noting on its own terms — no rivals required.

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