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21 years ago 02/23/2003 5:31pm EST

Anyone know how hilly the course is?? Strong winds reported also... My boy placed 9th, his first 1/2, not bad considering Rono has a sub 2:12 under his belt..

: 24th ANNUAL ANHEUSER BUSCH

COLONIAL HALF-MARATHON

Williamsburg, Virginia

Sunday, February 23, 2003, 1:00 pm

HALF-MARATHON RESULTS

PLACE O'All NAME Age City, State TIME PACE

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TOP OVERALL MEN

1 1 Kibet Cherop 28 Durham NC 1:08:06 5:11

2 2 Elly Rono 32 Durham NC 1:09:01 5:15

3 3 Fred Getange 26 Chapel Hill NC 1:10:26 5:21

4 4 Kevin Taylor 27 Raleigh NC 1:10:47 5:23

5 5 Eric Bonnette 23 Collingswood NJ 1:10:56 5:24

6 6 John Piggott 37 Williamsburg VA 1:14:01 5:38

7 7 Kevin Stover 36 York PA 1:14:25 5:40

8 8 Gregory Mullins 28 Randolph NJ 1:15:00 5:42

9 9 Dustin Sweeney 19 Berryville VA 1:16:03 5:47

10 10 Chuck Moeser 51 Sterling VA 1:16:09 5:48

Current record is 1:05:46

21 years ago 02/23/2003 11:57pm EST

re: sir runs a lot

Quite hilly. A good, tough, honest course. No major climbs, but the whole course is up and down. Probably a good minute (or more) slower than a pancake flat course.

21 years ago 02/24/2003 1:32am EST

re: Cheesehead

I hope you don't think Rono or any of the Kenyans were out there trying to run PR's. They were there to make as much money as possible on as little work as possible and not kill each other over it. When no one outside their group shows up to challenge them, they have a gentleman's agreement in effect.

21 years ago 02/24/2003 2:06am EST

re: sir runs a lot

The course is rather hilly, more so than most halves. Kibet looked really strong as he approached the finish, Elly looked like he'd stopped trying by the time he reached the final turn; I'm guessing Kibet just broke him somewhere in those last couple miles.

And yes, there were some extremely strong wind gusts, especially around the time the leaders were finishing.

21 years ago 02/24/2003 3:00am EST

re: sir runs a lot

Why is Sweeney roadracing? Is he not going to college anywhere?

21 years ago 02/24/2003 3:36am EST

re: VA

No, Elly and Kibet weren't out there trying to run PRs, but they didn't go there to "make as much money as possible" either. Are you joking? $500 is not big money when they had to drive like 5 hours each way to run on a hilly course with 40 mph winds. They went there with their coach because Rick Platt asked them to come and they used the race to compliment their training, just like any other serious runner would.

21 years ago 02/24/2003 5:03am EST

re: Run2Far

Point being, Elly Rono competed at half-steam, as a guy who races long, very often, and for a living is well advised to do at less important races. So drawing conclusions about the course difficulty based on HIS time is worthless. That's what the original guy wanted to know. Unless there are people that think that to sensibly convert Williamsburg to a marathon time you should subtract four minutes and then divide by two.

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