Masters Men 10K: Molloy Dominates with a Weekend Double

• Joseph Molloy, 52, wins in 34:31 (5:33/mi) — a 1:23 gap over 2nd place, and his second Masters Men podium-topper of the weekend after winning the Saturday 5K.
• Patrick Healy, 55, also doubled up, finishing 2nd here in 35:54 (5:47/mi) after taking 2nd in the Saturday 5K — the two San Francisco locals ran the same 1–2 order across both races.
• Molloy improved sharply on his 2022 showing, dropping from 9th (35:58) to 1st (34:31) — a full 1:27 faster and eight places up the leaderboard.
• Tight battle for 3rd and 4th: John Dinan (39:09) held off Jonathan Wills (39:16) by just seven seconds, with both men running 6:18–6:19/mi.

Joseph Molloy came to San Francisco's fog-laced waterfront with unfinished business. A year ago he crossed this same 10K finish line 9th in 35:58. On Sunday he was a different runner — 5:33/mi through 64-degree overcast conditions, first across the line in 34:31, and the Masters Men title his by a comfortable 1:23 margin. That alone would be a story. But Molloy had already won the Saturday 5K the day before, making this a genuine weekend double and the single best individual performance in the Masters Men field.

Right behind him, Patrick Healy made it a San Francisco sweep of the top two. The 55-year-old ran 35:54 at 5:47/mi — a noticeably harder pace than the 6:18–6:19 battle unfolding behind him for the final podium spot. Like Molloy, Healy had already claimed 2nd in the Saturday 5K, meaning the two locals finished in the exact same 1–2 order across both races of the weekend. That kind of consistency across back-to-back efforts is worth noting in a 428-person field.

The race for 3rd was the tightest drama of the morning. John Dinan, 42, from Los Angeles held on in 39:09, with Jonathan Wills, 44, of San Francisco pressing him all the way to a 39:16 finish — seven seconds the difference after 6.2 miles. Behind them, Eduardo Soto (41:32), Markelle Taylor (42:02), and Zach Murphy (42:08) ran in close formation through the 41–42-minute range. Dwayne Bowman, 61, deserves a mention for posting 45:42 as the eldest finisher in the top 15 — a 7:21/mi effort that puts the younger competition to shame by age alone.