R'n'R Philly Half Results - Tim Ritchie Scorches 61:23 Half, Krifchin and Spence Gracey both break 70

jalfano wrote:

A terrific performance by Tim Ritchie. If I understand correctly, this ranks him 11th US male half-marathoner of all time. [In the list below I've mentioned each runner once, with their fastest time.]

59:43 Ryan Hall Houston 14.01.2007

60:00 Dathan Ritzenhein Birmingham 11.10.2009

60:11a Todd Williams Tokyo 24.01.1993

60:29a Abdihakem Abdirahman New York City 05.08.2007

60:30 Galen Rupp New York City 20.03.2011

60:39 Mohamed Trafeh New York City 21.03.2010

60:51 Diego Estrada Houston 18.01.2015

60:55 Mark Curp Philadelphia 15.09.1985

61:00 Mebrahtom Keflezighi San José 01.11.2009

61:17 Khalid Khannouchi Philadelphia 17.09.2000

61:23 Timothy Ritchie Philadelphia 31.10.2015

Reference:

http://www.alltime-athletics.com/mhmaraok.htm

All-time men's best half-marathon; last updated 10/17/2015 05:50:48.

a=slightly downhill

I forgot Rupp and Abdi ran an hour and a half on the NY course; those times would be close to an hour on the Houston course.

For Ritchie and the top-3 females, those are very good results for a course that's not that fast.

She's running the Big Sur Half-Marathon on November 8.

Phillyfan wrote:

What about Kara?

TrackCoach wrote:

jalfano wrote:

A terrific performance by Tim Ritchie. If I understand correctly, this ranks him 11th US male half-marathoner of all time. [In the list below I've mentioned each runner once, with their fastest time.]

59:43 Ryan Hall Houston 14.01.2007

60:00 Dathan Ritzenhein Birmingham 11.10.2009

60:11a Todd Williams Tokyo 24.01.1993

60:29a Abdihakem Abdirahman New York City 05.08.2007

60:30 Galen Rupp New York City 20.03.2011

60:39 Mohamed Trafeh New York City 21.03.2010

60:51 Diego Estrada Houston 18.01.2015

60:55 Mark Curp Philadelphia 15.09.1985

61:00 Mebrahtom Keflezighi San José 01.11.2009

61:17 Khalid Khannouchi Philadelphia 17.09.2000

61:23 Timothy Ritchie Philadelphia 31.10.2015

Reference:

http://www.alltime-athletics.com/mhmaraok.htm

All-time men's best half-marathon; last updated 10/17/2015 05:50:48.

a=slightly downhill

I forgot Rupp and Abdi ran an hour and a half on the NY course; those times would be close to an hour on the Houston course.

No they wouldn't. Downhill and with a tailwind. They shouldn't even be counted.

Those Hanson's can really coach. First Desi, then old Dot McMan, bow Neely. Great job!

She's been gone from Hansons for quite awhile and is now being coached by Steve Magness.

Ursula Andress wrote:

Those Hanson's can really coach. First Desi, then old Dot McMan, bow Neely. Great job!

Downhill overall but lots of uphills on their lap of Central Park.

Does anyone have deeper results than ten, going down to, say, 1:06.

Damn 24 guys get an OT marathon qualifier

1 2 Timothy Ritchie 1:01:22

2 3 Jake Riley 1:03:23

3 5 Daniel Tapia 1:03:54

4 7 Ben Bruce 1:04:08

5 12 Tom Anderson 1:04:10

6 16 Chris Kwiatkowski 1:04:10

7 13 Kiya Dandana 1:04:15

8 1454 John Raneri 1:04:26

9 1453 Ty McCormack 1:04:27

10 43 Carlos Jamieson 1:04:27

11 45 Matt Fischer 1:04:28

12 22 Jovanny Rodriguez 1:04:29

13 46 Louis Serafini 1:04:31

14 28 Stephen Kersh 1:04:36

15 32 Brogan Austin 1:04:37

16 1009 Matt Gillette 1:04:38

17 24 Sam Morse 1:04:38

18 30 Kieran J O'Conor 1:04:38

19 26 Alex Monroe 1:04:41

20 29 Mark Pinales 1:04:45

21 2524 Bo Waggoner 1:04:49

22 36 Rory Tunningley 1:04:51

23 2525 John Bleday 1:04:57

24 48 Matthew Sonnenfeldt 1:04:58

Not that fast? Lol...wut?!

Boston36 wrote:

Tim is true blue collar. Great person and great story.

Yes, very nice kid, glad he got over his injuries. Thrilled for him.

I think he was like a 9:40/4:35 type in high school, but just kept working at it.

wasted time wrote:

TrackCoach wrote:

I forgot Rupp and Abdi ran an hour and a half on the NY course; those times would be close to an hour on the Houston course.

No they wouldn't. Downhill and with a tailwind. They shouldn't even be counted.

Perhaps net downhill, but a downhill does not compensate for an uphill and there are quite a few uphills on that course. Btw, some of the best runners in the world have run that course and the results don't bear out that it is not legit.

I think he was closer to 920 in HS but still- awesome to see him performing so well

Big fan of local guy, TR. This is phenomenal!

Just a word on the race...if you haven't done this one, do it. It's the best half in the country. SUPER fast course. Incredibly well organized. Tons of competition, so it's easy to find people you can run with if you want a pack. It's a must for any half marathoner.

spleenlessdemas wrote:

Just a word on the race...if you haven't done this one, do it. It's the best half in the country. SUPER fast course. Incredibly well organized. Tons of competition, so it's easy to find people you can run with if you want a pack. It's a must for any half marathoner.

Having run this race in 2011, 2013, 2014 and yesterday, I think it's really fast but I think Houston is faster still (haven't run it though). This year they changed the course a bit around miles 3-5 for the slower (very slightly) but the meat and potatoes of the course, the out and back along the river, was unchanged.

Weather was also quite good this year - maybe a little cold but I think it was high 30's for most of the elite men's race.

Old article but I wanted to find out who is Tim Ritchie,

"The Fastest Man In Boston (2013- 25th)

Boston College’s Tim Ritchie is making his marathon debut, and should be the first local to cross the finish line on Monday."

correct, it was a little cold at the start. i've never done houston, so i definitely can't compare. but i do know that this race attracts a ton of elites because it's such a fast course. and yes, they did change it a bit. there was one hairpin turn at the beginning, but overall the course hasn't changed much (as you said) from previous years. regardless, it was a fantastic race and i highly recommend.

spleenlessdemas wrote:

correct, it was a little cold at the start. i've never done houston, so i definitely can't compare. but i do know that this race attracts a ton of elites because it's such a fast course. and yes, they did change it a bit. there was one hairpin turn at the beginning, but overall the course hasn't changed much (as you said) from previous years. regardless, it was a fantastic race and i highly recommend.

Normally this race is in mid-late September, and I feel that it normally is way too hot. The pope came to town this year and pushed this race back to Oct. 31. The organizers need to think about making this a permanent change. Around Sept 20, when this race normally is, in philly is normally too hot. When Ryan Hall came to town in 2010 I cheered him on when it was unpleasantly hot to even be standing there about a mile from the finish.

This is a fast court in cool weather, btw. By comparison, the Philadelphia Marathon Half which takes place just before thanksgiving, is a fast course in itself, but even that is slower than this RnR Half, weather permitting. The weekend before Halloween would be perfect for this race. Gives you four weeks before the Philly Marathon.

i agree they should make it a permanent change. i much prefer colder weather. would also like it to be the weekend before halloween. makes much more sense.