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| Rice races in her USA singlet in Gothenburg SWE. |
Mid-August, 2024: In the just completed (Gothenburg SWE World Masters Championsips (the "Olympics" of age-group racing,) Jeannie Rice entered and won six different events. She brought home gold medals in the 800, 1500, 5000, 6K cross country, 10K road race, and half marathon road race. Rice, now 76, competed in the 75-79 age group.
On April 21, 2024, Rice ran another marathon for the record books. She clocked a 3:33:27 in London, the fastest ever by a woman 75+. This performance beat her previous world record from October, 2023, when she ran 3:34:32 in Chicago.
Rice won her age group title in London by 30 minutes, and also finished 11 minutes ahead of the fastest male runner in the group. This duplicated what she achieved a year earlier at Boston, where her 3:33:15 put her more than 20 minutes ahead of the first male, and under the previous male record for the age-group. (This year, the Boston male record for 75+ was improved to 3:28:43 by Gene Dykes. Boston is a downhill, point-to-point course that is not considered eligible for world records.) 
After her big win in London, Rice received a visit from Yuko Gordon, who ran in the first women's Olympic Marathon in 1984. The previous week in Boston, Gordon finished in 3:46:40.
UPDATE: On February 11, 2024, Rice improved her own 75-79 world record in the Melbourne FL Half Marathon. She finished in 1:40:42 on a warm day and a course that crossed several bridges (hills).
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| World record, Melbourne Half |
That bettered the 1:41:53 she had recorded two months earlier in the Jacksonville FL Half Marathon. She also ran a 1:41:55 in January at the Naples FL Half Marathon.
"I'm still hoping to get under 1:40," she said.
1:41:55
2023