Fresh off her strongest of 10 marathon builds, Malindi Elmore set a Canadian masters record (45-49 age bracket) for women with a time of two hours 24 minutes 54 seconds on a warm Sunday in Valencia, Spain.

Her performance was good for 12th place, one minute 21 seconds faster than last year’s effort, and 14 minutes quicker than the previous masters mark by Krista DuChene of Brantford, Ont., from March 5, 2023.

It was the third fastest time of Elmore’s career, three seconds off her Houston run in 2020 and behind her 2:23:30 personal best in Berlin on Sept. 24, 2023. Natasha Wodak, Elmore’s good friend and sometimes training partner, has held the national mark of:23:12 since September 2022.

“Today was another solid marathon for me,” Elmore said in an Instagram post. “ Six years now of runn

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