M70-74 at Peachtree: Maclin Dominates in Tucker's Finest Hour

• Greg Maclin wins in 44:06 (7:06/mi), a full 1:52 clear of runner-up Tony Glaser — the largest gap between 1st and 2nd in the M70-74 field.
• Maclin climbed 363 spots among men from his early position to his finish, steadily hunting down competitors throughout the race.
• Randy Ballew, 3rd in 46:43, edged Peter Barratt by nearly three minutes — the podium was settled well before the line.
• 589 finishers made M70-74 one of the day's most populated fields, with times ranging from Maclin's 44:06 down through the 1:00+ range at the back.

Greg Maclin, 70, of Tucker, GA, put on a clinic on Atlanta's warm, humid morning — 75°F and 68% humidity is no small ask over 10K — and answered it with a 7:06/mi average that would turn heads in any age bracket. His moves tell the story: he was already climbing through the men's field by mile one and never stopped, gaining over 350 positions from his early position to his finish. His strongest stretch came between miles 4 and 5, where he posted the 959th-fastest split among women in the field — a useful benchmark for how hard he was pushing in the closing miles.

Tony Glaser, 71, of Summerville, GA, was the clear runner-up at 45:58 (7:24/mi), his best segment coming between miles 2 and 3 where he posted the 1,185th-fastest women's split on that stretch. He, too, made consistent forward progress through the men's field, moving from well outside the top 2,000 to finish around 1,498th among men. Randy Ballew, 72, of Watkinsville, rounded out the podium in 46:43 (7:31/mi), running a steadier race with less dramatic position swings — a composed effort that held off Peter Barratt, 70, of Atlanta, by 2:49.

Barratt (49:32, 7:58/mi) and Ed Vise (50:36, 8:09/mi) filled fourth and fifth, with Jeffrey Marks of Cincinnati rounding out the top six in 50:53. A tight cluster then formed around the 53-minute mark — Mark Hinkson (53:08) and Gregory Golub (53:09) separated by a single second — before Rick Franklin (53:27) and Gene Lage (55:02) extended the field. With 589 finishers, M70-74 at Peachtree 2026 was a deep, competitive field, and Maclin's wire-to-wire surge made him its undisputed story.