Lyndsay Tessier named to World Championship team for marathon
At age 41, Tessier has been named to her first national team
Lyndsay Tessier is a grade three teacher and one of Canada’s best marathoners. Yesterday, she was named to her first national team, the 2019 Canadian World Championships team for the marathon.
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Tessier said on Instagram on Friday evening, “The girl who joined her first Running Room clinic (must never again knock 10&1’s) in 2011 is still trying to process the magnitude and honour of this.” Tessier, who’s 41 years old, set a Canadian masters marathon record in Berlin in 2018 when she ran a 2:30:47 to finish 12th overall.
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Tessier has consistently improved since beginning her running career only eight years ago. At the Canadian Marathon Championships in 2017, Tessier finished in 2:36:55, nine minutes faster than her previous best of 2:45:39, set in 2014. She ran her first marathon in 2012 where she ran 2:54:29. Seven years later after her first marathon, Tessier has landed herself on a start line with the best women in the world.
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Interestingly, Carrie Dimoff was selected this week to represent the USA at the World Championships in the marathon and she has a similar story to Tessier. Dimoff is 36 years old and also competing at the World Championships for her first time. Her personal best is a 2:31:12 from the 2018 New York City Marathon.
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John Mason, who recently ran a big marathon personal best of 2:15:15 at the Rotterdam Marathon was also named to the team. Athletics Canada will announce the entire World Championship team following the Canadian Track and Field Championships July 25-28 in Montreal.
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