M60-64: Reynoso Runs Down the Field to Take San Francisco

• Jesus Reynoso, 60, wins in 3:31:22 (8:04/mi) — the only finisher in M60-64 to break 3:32, with a 1:48 cushion over runner-up Michael Pazin.
• Reynoso's surge was relentless: he entered the men's field ranked 871st at one checkpoint and climbed all the way to 522nd by the finish — a gain of nearly 350 places among all men in the back half of the race.
• Pazin and Torres ran a tight mid-race battle at miles 14–16, separated by just 45 spots in the men's field, before Pazin's 3:33:10 edged Torres's 3:36:59 by nearly four minutes.
• 101 men aged 60–64 finished on a cool, breezy San Francisco morning — 59°F and 15 mph winds that rewarded patient racing.

Reynoso's win was built on one of the more dramatic second-half surges in M60-64 on the day. He was nowhere near the front of the men's field through the early miles — sitting around 870th among all men at one point — but he kept climbing checkpoint by checkpoint, posting the 301st-fastest men's split on the 20–22 mile segment as the field thinned and faded around him. By the finish line, he had moved to 522nd among all men and crossed in 3:31:22, averaging 8:04 per mile across 26.2 miles of San Francisco's famously demanding terrain.

Michael Pazin of Columbia, MD held a far more consistent position throughout, hovering between 517th and 578th in the men's field across his tracked checkpoints and finishing in 3:33:10 at 8:08/mi. Jesus Torres of Los Angeles ran a bolder early race — sitting 513th in the men's field at mile 14 — but faded back to 645th by the finish, crossing in 3:36:59 (8:17/mi). The 3:48 gap between Pazin and Torres makes second place the clearest separation on the podium.

Andrew Feng of Cupertino made the most dramatic positional climb of anyone in the top five, moving from 1,587th among all men at his first checkpoint all the way to 828th at the finish — a gain of nearly 760 places. His 3:42:59 (8:30/mi) was good for fourth. Jiten Gore and Mitch Garrett both clocked 8:38/mi, finishing fifth and sixth in 3:46:09 and 3:46:32 respectively — a 23-second gap after 26.2 miles of racing. The top ten closed out with Chris Johnson (3:52:26), Norihiko Akao (3:53:09), and David Morse (3:53:49), all within 90 seconds of each other across eighth through tenth.