London Marathon 2026 F65-69: Tyler Runs Away With It

• Linda Tyler won the F65-69 age group in 3:24:20 (7:48/mi), finishing more than four minutes clear of second place.
• Sandy Masters ran 3:28:25 (7:57/mi) for second; Catherine Ferguson and Joanna Girling were separated by just 12 seconds — 3:36:21 to 3:36:33 — in a tight battle for third.
• Heather Khoshnevis (5th, 3:38:19) was among the women's field's stronger starters but faded across the back half, slipping from a gender place near 1,958 early to over 3,000 by the finish.
• Twenty finishers broke 4:00:00 in the F65-69 age group, with a field of 281 women completing the distance on a cool, breezy London morning.

Linda Tyler simply had no equal among the F65-69 women on Sunday. She entered the race sitting around 2,088th in the women's field at 5K, then steadily climbed — reaching 1,506th by 35K — before the final miles brought only a marginal dip to 1,521st at the finish. That consistent forward momentum tells the story of a well-executed race at 7:48/mi, and the result was a commanding win by four minutes and five seconds over her nearest rival.

Sandy Masters ran a composed 7:57/mi for second place in 3:28:25, herself climbing steadily through the women's field from 2,441st at 5K to 1,844th by 35K. The final miles cost her a little — she slipped back to 1,938th at the line — but second place was never seriously threatened. Behind her, the race for the bronze medal was one of the day's tighter subplots: Catherine Ferguson (3:36:21, 8:15/mi) and Joanna Girling (3:36:33, 8:16/mi) crossed just 12 seconds apart, though they got there very differently. Ferguson ran steadily but drifted back through the women's field all day long, while Girling — sitting outside the top 3,100 among women at 5K — reeled off a strong finishing stretch, posting the 2,378th-fastest women's split from 40K to the line to climb all the way to 2,811th by the finish.

Heather Khoshnevis told a cautionary tale from 5th place (3:38:19, 8:20/mi). She was well-placed among the women's field early — 1,958th at 5K — but faded continuously, eventually slipping past 3,000th by the finish. Sherrijean Husser (6th, 3:39:15), Martine Dandoy (7th, 3:40:02), and Susan Lockhart (8th, 3:42:25) rounded out the top eight, all within four minutes of each other. With 20 women breaking four hours across a 281-strong field on a breezy 56°F day, the F65-69 age group delivered depth to match its headline act.