Gene Dykes

Retired computer programmer. I run... a lot!

[Gene Dykes @TheUltraGeezer]

@_Cooney_ I so wish this were real, but the flowers are absolutely not hosta flowers. There are no hosta leaves with those colors, either. Beautiful creation, though!

[Gene Dykes @TheUltraGeezer]

My 2024 Race Schedule is up!
40 races, including 9 marathons and 9 ultramarathons in eight states and four countries, with race distances from 1 to 200 miles:
https://t.co/hYbehv6GSd

[Gene Dykes @TheUltraGeezer]

I’ll have another chance at the record in two weeks at the Chicago Marathon. #UltraGeezer

[Gene Dykes @TheUltraGeezer]

I ran the streets of Berlin today on a quest to break the 28-year-old M75 American marathon record. The finish line was in sight with just enough time to spare and then a cramp struck with just 300 yards to go. Finished in 3:18:23, 13 seconds shy of the record.

[Gene Dykes @TheUltraGeezer]

@amin_shazly USATF Masters Outdoors National Championships, Greensboro, NC

[Gene Dykes @TheUltraGeezer]

Steeplechase - won by just 0.1 seconds!

[Gene Dykes @TheUltraGeezer]

At @wser checkin with my two daughters (and grandson)! Got our @StokedOats and I’m ready to race tomorrow

[John Goldthorp @FixYourRun]

Please join me in cheering for coaching client @TheUltraGeezer in tomorrow’s @wser as he aims to be the oldest finisher in race history!

https://t.co/rQTDzxqTQp

[Runner's World @runnersworld]

“It'll take a while before I forget the horror of an event like this and foolishly sign up for another,” Dykes said https://t.co/gNSdc2Q5DD

[Canadian Running @CanadianRunning]

At a track race in Pennsylvania last weekend, @TheUltraGeezer (Gene Dykes, 75) set seven U.S. masters records, despite battling illness:

https://t.co/Xj16r9B84k

[Gene Dykes @TheUltraGeezer]

It'll take a while before I forget the horror of an event like this and foolishly sign up for another.

[Gene Dykes @TheUltraGeezer]

A debrief on the Dawn To Dusk to Dawn Track Ultras - a race around a track from 7pm Saturday night to 7am Sunday morning!

https://t.co/KYp2EM2Wak

I ran the 12-hour event, and it was possibly the hardest race I've ever done

[Gene Dykes @TheUltraGeezer]

...had he been in the 12-hour. He also became the first American ever to complete 100k on a track but his record only lasted until I became the second.

[Canadian Trail Running @CanTrailRunning]

At 75, Gene Dykes (@TheUltraGeezer) hopes to become oldest @wser finisher:

https://t.co/1MBIAKVN0t