San Francisco Half Marathon 2025: Crispin Lazarit Dominates M50-54

• Crispin Lazarit, 51, wins in 1:24:21 — a 6:26/mi pace that put more than five and a half minutes between him and 2nd place.
• Benjamin Brooks (2nd, 1:29:57) and Markelle Taylor (3rd, 1:34:35) rounded out the podium, with Brooks holding a comfortable 4:38 cushion over Taylor.
• Markelle Taylor's surge was the race's most dramatic move: he entered the 4.9M–11.9M segment ranked 273rd among women before climbing to 176th — a sustained mid-race charge that locked up the final podium spot.
• Scott Eastman (4th, 1:38:22) and Nicolas Herriau (5th, 1:40:56) were separated by just 2:34, with Bob Cable (6th, 1:41:33) and Luis Rodriguez (7th, 1:42:32) close behind in a tightly packed chase group.

Crispin Lazarit ran away with the M50-54 title in San Francisco. The Oakland native's 6:26/mi average was a cut above the rest of the 91-man field — he steadily moved through the broader men's race from 70th to 65th among men and never relinquished his grip on the lead. His 1:24:21 finish wasn't just a win; it was a statement, with a margin of victory that made the rest of the podium feel like a separate race entirely.

Benjamin Brooks of Alexandria, VA held second throughout, finishing in 1:29:57 at 6:52/mi. His gender-place tracking tells a measured story — he dipped back slightly through the middle miles before recovering to 115th among men by the final stretch, and his second-half split ranked 110th among women in the field, a sign he ran the back half with real authority. Taylor, meanwhile, was the race's most compelling mover: starting well back among the women's field in the opening miles, the Tiburon runner steadily reeled in competitor after competitor through the heart of the course to claim third in 1:34:35.

The battle for fourth through seventh was genuinely entertaining. Scott Eastman (1:38:22), Nicolas Herriau (1:40:56), Bob Cable (1:41:33), and Luis Rodriguez (1:42:32) were separated by just 3:10 across four places — Eastman had the strongest early segments, while Herriau and Cable ran nearly identical closing paces. Further back, a logjam formed around the 1:43 mark: Glen Kunene (8th, 1:43:02), Mark Chalwin (9th, 1:43:18), Dennis Yee (10th, 1:43:23), Seng-Kit Loo (11th, 1:43:39), and Jason Lam (12th, 1:43:48) were packed into a 46-second window — five finishers, one minute, zero room for error.