It was the her first marathon in her home state of Maine, good for 7th place in the women's race.
http://bangordailynews.com/2017/05/21/sports/runners-successfully-defend-sugarloaf-marathon-titles/
It was the her first marathon in her home state of Maine, good for 7th place in the women's race.
http://bangordailynews.com/2017/05/21/sports/runners-successfully-defend-sugarloaf-marathon-titles/
Is that her slowest marathon time? Age might be catching up to her (read: sarcasm).
txRUNNERgirl wrote:
Is that her slowest marathon time? Age might be catching up to her (read: sarcasm).
I think it is actually. If I recall, she's never run a 3:00:00+ marathon.
it's hilarious how people don't consider temperature, wind and ELEVATION when they see a race time - try comparing more than a couple years of Boston course for time and see what happens
Sugarloaf has 1000 feet of elevation, the fastest man was "only" 2:33 and fastest woman 2:50, so her time was pretty awesome in comparison
I found an article on this prior to the race:
If she does run the marathon, Samuelson said she wants to shoot for a time somewhere in the 3-hour, 30-minute range.
I don't know that I'd call 3:12 "somewhere in the 3-hour, 30-minute range", but that's just me.
I would pay good money to have lunch or a run with that lady. What an inspiration.
but why wrote:
it's hilarious how people don't consider temperature, wind and ELEVATION when they see a race time - try comparing more than a couple years of Boston course for time and see what happens
Sugarloaf has 1000 feet of elevation, the fastest man was "only" 2:33 and fastest woman 2:50, so her time was pretty awesome in comparison
https://www.strava.com/segments/7259264
Oh I know, that's why I was kidding. She's amazing. I read that she is going for another sub-3 at Chicago this year after she turns 60!
txRUNNERgirl wrote:
but why wrote:it's hilarious how people don't consider temperature, wind and ELEVATION when they see a race time - try comparing more than a couple years of Boston course for time and see what happens
Sugarloaf has 1000 feet of elevation, the fastest man was "only" 2:33 and fastest woman 2:50, so her time was pretty awesome in comparison
https://www.strava.com/segments/7259264Oh I know, that's why I was kidding. She's amazing. I read that she is going for another sub-3 at Chicago this year after she turns 60!
She has already turned 60 - did so days before the race, she is amazing.
oh sorry that wasn't specifically a criticism of you, just in general people think "oh not sub3, it's not that great" or really any distance road race, so many variables,
Joan Benoit and Christine Kennedy, two absolutely amazing and inspiring women
but why wrote:
it's hilarious how people don't consider temperature, wind and ELEVATION when they see a race time - try comparing more than a couple years of Boston course for time and see what happens
Sugarloaf has 1000 feet of elevation, the fastest man was "only" 2:33 and fastest woman 2:50, so her time was pretty awesome in comparison
https://www.strava.com/segments/7259264
I've run Sugarloaf, and your post is way misleading. it is net downhill over 1000 feet. It is very similar to St George (which i've also run) in that they take you in a bus 26.2 miles up in the hills on some state route, and you run back to town (St George is much more downhill though).
I would guess times are "slow" because it's a smallish race (maybe 1000 people) and it is a fairly remote location.
if you look at the strava elevation map (which is often too conservative) it's 500 feet up first - and running downhill for 1000 feet is not as easy as it sounds either as it hammers the glutes and hamstrings for an extremely extended time
the very fastest time on Strava is 2:38 and there are plenty of fast sub-elites over the past four years that have attempted it
Anne Hedonia wrote:
txRUNNERgirl wrote:Oh I know, that's why I was kidding. She's amazing. I read that she is going for another sub-3 at Chicago this year after she turns 60!
She has already turned 60 - did so days before the race, she is amazing.
Oops of course! What I meant is she wants to go sub-3 at age 60 at Chicago, which would be a WR.
I"m looking forward to seeing Samuelson and Kennedy duke it out for the first sub-3 by a 60+ woman!
Joanie loves media attention
I hate overachievers.
reboot Runner wrote:
I would pay good money to have lunch or a run with that lady. What an inspiration.
I bet she would be awesome to hang out with.
Joan ran the last part of the race with Mike Westphal, a friend of many years--Mike has Parkinson's Disease, and isn't as fast as he once was. This wasn't about time for Joan--it was about running a marathon in Maine with another Maine running icon, and raising money to fight Parkinson's. Don't look at her time with any disrespect--instead appreciate what a wonderfully classy human being she is. And Mike's pretty tough too!
txRUNNERgirl wrote:
Is that her slowest marathon time? Age might be catching up to her (read: sarcasm).
Her really old person's time is still faster than my PR. :-(
for those wondering about the elevation profile of the race, it gains about 570' and has a net change of -550' which means it has 1100' of downhill.
a 2:40 marathon on that course would be worth roughly 2:42 on a flat course, so it's nothing like a St George scenario. her 3:12 is likely worth 3:15, and that's without knowing anything about the conditions.
Churkle Schumrr wrote:
Joanie loves media attention
Ha. There are not many, if any, classier ambassadors of the sport.