Invisible Man wrote:
Any Lehigh marathoner finishers here? Can someone pinpoint where these on course pictures were taken, especially the last photos before the finish? The last series of photos (before the finish line photos) appear to be on a running path. Anyone know approximately what mile that is?
Mike Rossi was never photographed, so it's reasonable to conclude he jumped onto the course somewhere between the last on-course photographer and the finish line.
There's one of me (I finished 11 behind him) on a bridge and I think it was at 16 or so. I remember a bridge where I knew I was done at 16 in 2013 and I'm almost certain that was it where that picture is. Also, the humidity was really high that day. Temps started low and got warmer. I can tell by looking at my pictures that I was really soaked.
I mentioned it in a different post, but I thought I was in shape to break 3:10 by a few minutes. My race results don't indicate a ton, because I left myself go and Via was where I kind of finally got close to being back. But I went 2:57 in 2011, 3:08 in 2012 and I've been below 3:10 probably 15-20 times, so I know when I'm in sub-3:10 shape. I had a couple of issues at Lehigh Valley, but it was not a PR day.
Went 3:25 at MDI (really hilly course) the next month and ran 3:19 in Philly, threw in the towel at 14 and had a bad positive split. 3:14:00 at Boston this year. If you stalk my NYC I ran that with a slower friend for fun.