Penn professor breaks American men’s 45-49 age group record for 50-mile race
The Daily Pennsylvanian
CHIBE Associate Director Harsha Thirumurthy broke the American men’s 45-49 age group record for the 50-mile race at the 2025 USA Track & Field Championships.
On Nov. 8, Thirumurthy set the record at the 2025 USATF 50 Mile Road Championships at Tunnel Hill in southern Illinois. He finished in five hours, 38 minutes, and 27 seconds — averaging 6:46 per mile — to set a new American record for the distance in the 45-49 age group, breaking the previous record of 5:39.42.