A 96-year-old woman from Ottawa has landed herself in the world record books after she completed a 5k on Saturday in 51 minutes and nine seconds – the fastest 5K ever by a woman aged 95-99.
Rejeanne Fairhead did so at the Ottawa Race Weekend, beating the previous record by a healthy four minutes and 39 seconds by walking the course. Fairhead was inspired to break the record after completing last year's race in under 59 minutes, a few minutes shy of the record.
Having ridden horses and played bowling for most of her life, Fairhead took up walking in order to complete the 5k race and was walking alongside her new coach, Richelle Weeks, three times a week.
