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Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 7:46 am Post subject: The Marathon Thread

Well, since we hijacked the New Years Resolution thread, I'd figure I'd just start a new one.

I'm looking for a marathon come late April to early June, any suggestions? Can you offer a place for me to crash? Willing to run one with me and share a hotel bill?

How have you done in the past? Which races are you planning for the future?

I've run two so far:

Jacksonville Marathon
2000/12/16
Gun Time:3:17:42
Overall: 68
Male: 66
Division: 5 (M20-25)

Maine Marathon
2003/10/05
Gun Time: 3:18:40 (7:35/mile)
Net Time: 3:18:23
Overall: 50
Male: 45
Division: 6/35 (M2029)

[Edit]:
Cleveland Marathon
2004/04/25
Gun Time: 3:07:13
Net Time: 3:07:05
Pace: 7:08.2
Overall: 58
Male: 52
Division: 6

[Edit]:
San Antonio Marathon
2004/11/07
Time: 3:10:19.1
Pace: 6:42 (1st half), 7:50 (2nd half), 7:16 (overall)
Overall: 36/928
Male: 30
Division: 2

[Edit]:
Boston Marathon
2005/04/19
Gun Time: 3:42:31
Net Time: 3:40:37
Pace: 8:25
Overall: 5263/ 17549
Male: 4503/ 10894
Division: 2343/ 4012

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Mystic Places Marathon
2005/10/23
Gun Time: 2:52:37
Net Time: 2:52:35
Pace: 6:35/6:36
Overall: 11 / 577
Male: 9th
Division 4 / 44 (2nd place open runner after removing those in the money)

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Vermont City Marathon
2006/05/28
Gun Time: 3:02:05
Net Time: 3:02:04
Time w/o Port-O-John break: 3:01:01 Laughing

Pace: 6:57
Overall: 41/2492
Male: 39/1447
Division: 11/149

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New York City Marathon
2006/11/05
Gun Time: 2:52:03
Official Time: 2:51:42
Time w/o Water-The-Ocean break: 2:51:18
Pace: 6:33
Overall: 435/37,954
Male: 410/25,565
Division: 100/2,908

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Boston Marathon
2007/04/16
Gun Time: 2:54:22
Official Time: 2:53:49
Time w/o Water-The-Side-Of-The-Road break: 2:53:13
Pace: 6:38
Overall: 495 of 20348
Male: 464 of 12373
Division: 384 of 4525

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Pisgah 50k Mountain Trail Race
2007/09/09
Official Time: 4:27:37
Time w/o aid station stops: 4:22:28
Pace: 8:38
Overall: 5/91
(first ultramarathon)

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Marine Corps Marathon
2007/10/28
Official Time: 2:48:03
Gun Time: 2:48:04
Pace: 6:24
Overall: 71/20667
Division: 18/1607
Gender: 71/12610

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ING Georgia Marathon
2008/03/30
Official Time: 3:03:26
Gun Time: 3:03:36
Time w/o 1 water-the-side-of-the-road and 5 port-o-john breaks: 3:00:00
Pace: 6:59
Overall: 33/2132
Division: 10/261
Gender: 29/1406
(The goal for this race was to treat it as a long training run.)

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Cox Rhode Island Marathon
2008/05/04
Official Time: 2:43:27
Gun Time: 2:43:28
Pace: 6:15
Overall: 1/595
Division (1-39): 1/151
First marathon win - set the course record

Total: 12 states through 12 marathons and 1 ultramarathon.

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 8:10 am Post subject:

1/31/04 Charlie Post Classic 15K Sullivans Island 8:30am 843-991-0019
2/7/04 Save the Light Half-MArathon & 5K Folly Beach 8:30am ActionCarolina
2/21/04 Myrtle Beach MAraton, 843-293-RACEMB Marathon

Those are what I'm doing early on in the year...

I'm goign to do some research to see other races going on because the only other east coast one I know about is the Rock N Roll Marathon in Virginia Beach but I'll be honeymooning. That is labor day weekend... I'm open to doing one in April or may probably...

There is this one though in Arlington, VA, right outside of DC though:
Arlington Marathon
Sunday, May 2, 2004 8:00 AM

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 8:20 am Post subject:

Stockholm Marathon 14th of June

/Akely

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 9:46 am Post subject:

Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon/mini-Marathon - April 24th http://www.kdf.org/events/eventviewer.asp?id=108

I'll be running the mini (13.1 miles), but have a friend or two that will be doing the full 26.2 miler. It should be warm here that time of year. But some years it's still 30 degrees at the end of April. Humidity should be kicking up right good too (Louisville - Yiddish for "air so thick you can swim to your car"). Wink

Sorry, I don't have anywhere to house anyone though. Embarassed

Better yet, stay for a whole week and we'll go to the Derby infield the following weekend....talk about a party!

Leg Humper Joined: 16 Jan 2002 Posts: 5403

you can do the Bolder Boulder May 31st: http://www.bolderboulder.com/
and sleep in my van.

/edit
and there is always great entertainment http://www.bolderboulder.com/poll.cfm (including cheerleaders).

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 10:36 am Post subject:

nattiebo wrote:
2/21/04 Myrtle Beach MAraton, 843-293-RACEMB Marathon

WOW.....Nattie's in town on my birthday. Laughing

A couple of friends of mine who are massage therapists always work that race. I had this crazy idea last year that I would work out all year and attempt to run it but with my back problems, that just didn't happen. I've run a couple of half marathons and 10k's a couple years back but never an entire marathon. Would be fun to do it in my own town, though.

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 11:02 am Post subject:

I'll have to buy you a drink after the big race!!!

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 3:21 pm Post subject:

Belfast City Marathon May 03 2004

I need to do some training Smile

Heh HR my birthday is 3 days before yours Smile

Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 7:37 pm Post subject: Possibilities

Well, time to make some choices. I really want to run either Atlanta or Seattle, but htey are on Thanksgiving or that weekend (respectively) and I'm loathe to not be with my family for Thanksgiving. That's always been my grandmother's holiday, and my mother's, when we can get the entire family together. Then christmas usually goes to the various spouse's families.

But, in shorter term, April 25 for Cleveland seems a good possibility. Gotta get a hold of my friend out that way and see if I can get him to commit to giving me a room. I suppose I could try to stay with his girlfriend too...she'd probably give me a spare couch. Probably best off staying my friend's mother's place though, since I doubt either he or her has an extra bed.

So, no definates yet, but Cleveland is the goal, and then I still need to find one for late fall/early winter. Bar Harbor is a good september possibility (I'll have to get out there this spring and check out the course), but I'd prefer to hit a new state if I can.

Edit: Looks like Cleveland on April 25 it is! Now to see if I can get time off so that I can make a vacation of it.

Edit 2: Yep, I am running in Cleveland in April. I'm bib #1505.

Edit 3: Vacation time approved, April 23-April 27.

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 8:06 am Post subject:

nattiebo wrote:

2/21/04 Myrtle Beach MAraton, 843-293-RACEMB Marathon

Those are what I'm doing early on in the year...

How'd you do?

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 8:21 am Post subject:

Not the best actually. I did a half marathon two weeks ago and had hurt my left knee... but i'm stubborn, and had to run the whole way Saturday, with a knee that started killing at mile 3 ... and finished unofficially I think at 4:28.... And now have to go to the dr. today... oh well... Thanks for asking though! Wouldn't mind chopping an hour off of that time for the next one!

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 8:25 am Post subject:

nattiebo wrote:
Not the best actually. I did a half marathon two weeks ago and had hurt my left knee... but i'm stubborn, and had to run the whole way Saturday, with a knee that started killing at mile 3 ... and finished unofficially I think at 4:28.... And now have to go to the dr. today... oh well... Thanks for asking though! Wouldn't mind chopping an hour off of that time for the next one!

Heh, I'd love to chop an hour off for my next one (April 25!) but there is no way that that is going to happen. Chopping off 20 minutes would be nice though.

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 2:03 pm Post subject:

nattiebo wrote:
Not the best actually. I did a half marathon two weeks ago and had hurt my left knee... but i'm stubborn, and had to run the whole way Saturday, with a knee that started killing at mile 3 ... and finished unofficially I think at 4:28.... And now have to go to the dr. today... oh well... Thanks for asking though! Wouldn't mind chopping an hour off of that time for the next one!

Nattie, does your last name start with an 'H'? If so, you finished 718th at 4:39. I assume it's you since there was only one Natalie (sp?) in the race. If that's you, did you race with a relative by the same last name? Because he finished 1 second behind you.

If you ran a 4:28 with a bad knee.........that's an impressive time (to me) even if you didn't have knee problems. Good job, nattie!

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 2:49 pm Post subject:

Hr... you are on the ball. My dad stayed with me despite being able to run probably around what webster runs, but he knew I was hurting and knew I needed an extra kick to keep me going...

How was your birthday?

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 3:17 pm Post subject:

Not the best birthday, unfortunately. My grandfather was admitted to the hospital Friday at midnight. He lives in NJ so it's kind of hard not being there. He's having his gall bladder removed tomorrow so it's not as serious as we first thought but we're mostly worried about his heart.

I was fairly, uh, alcoholically impaired Friday night, though and I did go out to dinner at Landry's (at Broadway) on Saturday. They have this incredible broiled seafood platter that I had New Years Eve and just had to go get it again.

One good thing, my "lifelong dream" of having my age match the number on the Rolling Rock bottle has been fulfilled. Gotta have goals, ya know. Wink