A 96-year-old woman from Ottawa has just set a world record for her age, fast-walking a 5-kilometre race with a time of 51:09.01 on a 28 C spring day.
In a May 27 tweet, Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend announced the victory of Rejeanne Fairhead, now the fastest senior citizen in the world in the 95–99 age group. She completed a 5-kilometre race, beating her own previous Canadian record last May of 58:52 by nearly 7 minutes and 43 seconds for women 95-plus, Canadian Running magazine reported.
“SHE DID IT! It’s an unofficial new world record! Way to go Rejeanne! Official time to come!” the race weekend organization tweeted….