M80+ 5K: Singh Leads a Field of Octogenarians Through the Fog

• Joginder Singh, 82, wins in 42:29 (13:40/mi), claiming the M80+ title at the 2024 San Francisco Marathon 5K.
• A 1:45 gap separates Singh from runner-up Isaak Gilyutin, 85, who finished in 44:14 (14:14/mi).
• William Levy, 82, took 3rd in 44:51 (14:26/mi) — just 37 seconds behind Gilyutin.
• Four finishers completed the M80+ race, ranging from age 80 to 85.

Under 55-degree skies along the San Francisco waterfront, Joginder Singh of Manteca made his 3.1 miles count. The 82-year-old crossed in 42:29 at a 13:40/mi clip — a clear, commanding margin over the rest of the M80+ field. Singh didn't just win; he set the tone from the front.

The battle for second was the race's sharpest subplot. Isaak Gilyutin, 85 years old and the field's eldest competitor, finished in 44:14 — a 14:14/mi effort that held off William Levy by just 37 seconds. Levy, also 82, came in at 44:51 running 14:26/mi. That gap is real but razor-thin for a 5K, and the two San Fernando Valley and San Jose runners made the podium genuinely competitive.

Steve Welch, the hometown entrant from San Francisco, rounded out the four-man field in 1:11:07 — a 22:53/mi pace that reflects a very different day on the course, but finishing a 5K at 80 years old in the city you call home is its own achievement worth naming. Four men, all 80 or older, toeing the line and seeing it through in the fog — that's the real headline.