Toshiko d’Elia, Ridgewood running champion, dies at 84
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 20, 2014, 4:19 PM
BY JAY LEVIN
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
Toshiko d’Elia took up running at 42, going on predawn jogs through Ridgewood with her daughter.
Within several years, she was setting world records for her age.
Mrs. d’Elia, founder of the North Jersey Masters Track & Field Club and the first woman over 50 to complete a marathon in under three hours, died Wednesday from complications of a brain tumor. She was 84.
The Japanese-born Mrs. d’Elia, a Ridgewood resident since 1961, saw running as a “wonderful companion” and “a supportive tool to get me places.”
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peace to you.