The fastest Hampton Roads female road racer of 2025 will be leaving the area for several years in July, but she certainly is going out in style, setting multiple lifetime PRs this year and winning the women’s overall title in many races.

Grafton High grad Bethany Spector, 35, of Yorktown, will be leaving for Germany around July 20 with her husband Jordan, and two kids, son Magnus, 2, and daughter Mavis, 1.

Spector won the Trailzilla Fast 5K on June 3, the first in the three-race Trailzilla Series, by more than four minutes. She recorded a time of 18:52 for the trail course and placed seventh overall of 109 finishers.

Second and third were Megan Syrett, 42, of Yorktown (22:58) and Connie Glueck, 61, of Williamsburg (23:25). For the men, the top three were Benjamin Perry, 18, of Newport N

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