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David Walters, 60, Runs to Beat Father Time, if Not His Own Time

A half an hour or so after Stanley Biwott of Kenya won the New York City Marathon, he was followed by a grinning man nearly old enough to be his grandfather: David Walters, the first sexagenarian to cross the finish line Sunday.

Finishing in 2 hours 47 minutes 27 seconds — ahead of all but 200 of more than 50,000 runners — the 60-year-old Walters shuffled straight back to his hotel in Times Square, grabbed a protein shake and hopped on a flight home to Chicago. It was his second age-group victory in a marathon in three weeks.