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Pocono Marathon

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Member Since:

Jan 29, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

List of PRs:

  • 5k -18:24- 3/23/19
  • 10k - 37:12 - 3/31/18
  • 10 miler - 1:02:34 - 5/5/19
  • Half Marathon - 1:22:43 - 3/25/18
  • Marathon - 2:59:17 - 5/21/17

Short-Term Running Goals:

2020 Goals

  • Sub 2:50 Marathon at the Boston Marathon

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

- Qualify for the Boston Marathon before age 35 - done - 11/18/12 Philadelphia Marathon, 10/13/13 Chicago Marathon

- Run in the Boston (4/20/15), Chicago (10/13/13), and New York City (11/3/19)Marathons

- Sub 17 min 5k

- Sub 36 min 10k

- Sub 1 hr Broad Street Run 10 miler

- Sub 1:20 half marathon

- Sub 2:45 marathon

- Place top 3 overall in a race - done Teal Wings of Hope 5k 8/31/13 - 1st place overall

- Win my age group in another race - done - washington crossing 15k - 8/18/12

 

Personal:

I live in Philadelphia with my son (Russell - 7), and daughter (Jane - 5).  I work in finance/accounting for an insurance company. 

 

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Saucony Fastwich 9 (white/blue) Lifetime Miles: 6.00
Race: Pocono Marathon (26.219 Miles) 02:59:17, Place overall: 23, Place in age division: 4
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.0026.220.000.0026.22

2:59:17, it feels really good to finally run sub 3 hours after having a few off years due to injury/etc. Perfect race conditions today, about 50 degrees at the start with little wind. This is a point to point with about 140 0 ft elevation drop (2200 downhill and 800 uphill). The first 17 is mostly downhill with a few severe patches then the next 6 or so is challenging with rolling hills including 5 or 6 climbs. I paced the course well taking advantage of the downhills while leaving enough in the tank for the rolling sections. The pace fell off a little bit during the final 10k but I had built in enough of a cushion to stI'll get under 3 hours.

Mile splits were 6:52, 6:56, 7:02, 6:55, 6:51, 6:43, 6:38, 6:18, 6:38, 6:57, 6:50, 6:52, 6:37, 6:49, 6:41, 6:32, 6:44, 6:42, 6:45, 7:00, 6:54, 7:00, 7:01, 7:04, 7:11, 7:03, 7:00pace for final .2.

Saucony Cortana 4 (blue/silver) Miles: 26.22
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Tom K on Sun, May 21, 2017 at 11:09:03 from 71.203.24.182

Congratulations on the PR!

From Derunzo on Sun, May 21, 2017 at 17:51:01 from 98.229.177.205

Great job!

From Kenny the Apache on Sun, May 21, 2017 at 19:55:54 from 72.13.210.62

Nice race man!!! Do you know if one has to qualify for the NYC half at a certain race or is it any half marathon

From Russ on Mon, May 22, 2017 at 12:32:19 from 74.114.3.253

Nice job!

From JS7781 on Mon, May 22, 2017 at 13:41:40 from 174.201.11.115

Thanks everyone!

Kenny - limited spots are available for the NYC Marathon to time qualifiers in non-NYRR sponsored Marathons/Half Marathons

http://www.tcsnycmarathon.org/plan-your-race/2017-time-qualifying-standards

From Mark on Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 09:14:24 from 24.129.132.75

Great job! I tried this race in 2015 and had a tough time in mile 18 once it hit that uphill. You ran right through it with hardly any slowdown. I hope to try this one again sometime.

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