2:31:09 debut; improved to 2:29:46, 6 mo later, and then stopped doing marathons
2:31:09 debut; improved to 2:29:46, 6 mo later, and then stopped doing marathons
1998 Las Vegas Marathon - 2:41:48 (Age 20)
2007 Eugene Marathon - 2:26:27 (PR) Age 29
2:44 debut age 33
2:38 PR age 41.
1972; 3:39; Hot day, imploded at 20 miles
1977; 2:46; 2nd attempt
1981; 2:26 flat at age 29.
Age 58, still pluggin', about an hour slower though.
1st 4:35 (I must have taken a wrong turn somewhere)
PR 3:36
2:43:10 @ 21yo
2:42:58 @ 26yo
2004 Cape Cod 3:29
2009 Boston 2:45 (PR)
2008-4'15
2013-2'29
:)
First - 5:42
Second - 4:32
Third - 3:22
Yes, I'm completely serious. I have excuses, of course, but who cares. I've taken 70 minutes off each time, so I'm looking at 2:12 for the next one.
older than school wrote:
2:31:09 debut; improved to 2:29:46, 6 mo later, and then stopped doing marathons
ah, the perfect scenario...just enough to get a taste the first time, and just enough to join 0.01% of the running population the next. very cool.
I've run six stand alone marathons, five competitively.
2004 debut - 2:33:53
2006 pr - 2:32:47
2008 first as a master - 2:33:20
Debut: 3:06
PR: 2:42
3:28 March 2005
2:58 October 2005
Got busy over the next 3 years, ran for fitness, didn't race. Now I'm running consistently again and hoping to go sub-2:50 this October.
4:27 1980 (age 14)
2:49 2006
Debut: 3:00
2nd: 2:59 (same race, year later, trained extra hard compared to previous year)
3rd: 2:52
4th: 2:43 (PR)
5th: DNF (shouldn't have started)
3:09:58, college freshman in the middle of spring track, first time I'd ever run farther than 20km
2:28:21, six years later in my twelfth marathon
1987 - 3:22:02 (age 17)
1988 - 3:20:32
1989 - DNF (dropped at 20 miles, 80+ degrees and sunny and no training, at all)
2001 - 4:12 something (jogged with my 40+ year old neighbor to pace her to a PR)
2009 - training for Chicago, struggling to top 40+ miles per week consistently; may just enjoy the experience and jog it around 3:50 and then run Houston in January looking for a Boston Qualifier (<3:20:59) and set a 22 year PR in the process (I'm getting old)
Have only run one.
Needed 3:15:59 to qualify for Boston
3:16:04
1982 - 2:39
1983 - 2:32
Chicago 04- 4:28
Green Bay 05- 3:43
San Diego 06- 3:23
Chicago 06- 3:05 Still my PR
I have run several more marathons since, but everything else has been over 3:10. Shooting for sub 3 this December!
First marathon at age 16 in 3:26. PR at age 26 in 2:37. Now running sub-3:10s and working on getting back under 3 (might not be possible?)