Linden Hall has covered the 3.827km of Melbourne’s Tan in 11 minutes, 32 seconds to equal the record set three years ago by Jess Hull.
Hall was a late entry into the annual Run the Tan event and stopped the clock at 11:31.42 (rounded to 11:32 under conventional timekeeping standards for out-of-stadia distance events) in her 51 second victory over national steeplechase champion Cara Feain-Ryan.
Hall’s run was a five-second improvement in her best, set when finishing second to Hull in 2023, where the now Olympic silver medallist clocked 11:31.53 (officially rounded to 11:32).
In the men’s race Callum Davies got the better of Ed Marks, winning by a second in 11:32. Michael Roeger broke the men’s Para record in 10:54 while Annabelle Colman did likewise in the women’s with a 13:08 run.
The fastest lap of the Tan is 10:08 by Craig Mottram, set in 2006, with the top ten fastest times all under 10:23.
Meanwhile, yesterday in Ballarat Jaylah Hancock-Cameron set a new Australian record for the road mile, clocking 4:26.4 to take out the Australian title ahead of Georgia Griffith (4:37.4) and Izzy Thornton-Bott (4:42.9). Thornton-Bott backed up for third at Run the Tan in 12:36.
The previous road mile record was formally held by Jess Hull at 4:32.45 from the 2023 World Road Running Championships, with Hull having run a faster 4:21.6 at the Fifth Avenue Mile in New York in 2023 on a non-record-eligible course.
Jude Thomas defended his title in the men’s race, running 4:03.6 from Connor Whiteley (4:03.9) and Luke Shaw (4:04.9).
In other results at the Ballarat Marathon:
- Caden Shields (2:18:07) and Ellie Pashley (2:30:47) won the marathon
- Brett Robinson (63:58) and Genevieve Gregson (70:49) took out the half-marathon
- Brayden Noonan (29:58) and Sinead Diver (33:22) won the 10km events
- Jack Rayner (14:07) and Georgina Grgec (16:08) won the 5km
