Nancy Maynard ran the Pleasanton Father’s Day Spirit Run 10k and finished this distance in the time of 52:09.
I did my first 10k on Sunday under ideal conditions: temperature around 55-65F, overcast at the start of the race, flat course. My official finish time was 52:09; that was within nine seconds of my B goal and good enough for an AG #1 (it was a small race). The RC training and coaching had me about as ready as I could be for this tune-up race, and the RC community’s encouragement made me think I could do it. I am very grateful for that.
Craig Shupee ran the NYRR Queens 10K and finished with a time of 56:11.
Queens 10k. It’s hot. It’s crowded. Slow Start. I’m trying to take that first mile easy. To let everyone else pass me. And then let myself power through to the end of the race. My first mile was at 9:20. Overall pace was 9:03. I’m really working on a slower first half and faster second. Targeting negative splits does that. And it helps you have power in reserves for the second half in case something happens mid race. My first 5k was 8:57. My second 5k was 9:09.
The humidity and crowds got me. I wanted to make the last mile my fastest. I could have. I had it in me to force it. But. I had to walk a few times to avoid completely overheating. Traveled with friends. Ran with friends. I love this community.
Nathan Torgerson ran the Grandma’s Marathon with a finishing time of 3:01:30, which was a PR by 81 seconds!
This was the race that I first qualified for Boston back in 1995, so with my timing of other races this year, Grandma’s was a good race to try again. We were fortunate the weather forecasters were completely wrong the night before, as they predicted severe weather. Instead we were greeted with 55 degrees and overcast with a cool cross breeze off Lake Superior for most of the race.
I was able to run my set pace from the start to go after my sub-3, and at 24.5 miles I was still on pace a feeling pretty good, so I thought I had it. But then at 25 I completely ran out of energy and dropped to a 8:20+ pace. I pushed the last .2 mile to finish in 3:01:30. As I looked back at the pacing and the training I had that included foot issues and ankle tendinitis a month before the race, I was pleased to be able to even tow the starting line, and all the treatment and PT worked as I didn’t have any issues with pain during the race.
Thanks goes to all the runner’s connect coaches who were there to help me navigate through all the injuries as well as help with my carbo-loading plan. Even though I didn’t crack my goal of a sub-3, I feel like I got all I could out of this race, which resulted in a new PR and some new knowledge for my next attempt, which is a satisfying place to be 🙂
Steffen Lang ran the 5 k State Champs and finished this race in the time of 15:53.10.
Awesome race, best time since 4 years not having expected too much, now going into 10k training ????
Alistair Mitchell ran the Midnight Sun Marathon Norway and finished in a time of 3:52, which was a PR!
This is the most northerly official marathon in the world. 200k inside the arctic circle in Tromsø Norway. An amazing town at any time of the year. They do a 10k, half and full marathon where you start with the idea of running over midnight and the sun never sets. It’s very surreal. I ran with a good friend and we had be planning this for a long time.
We had both trained hard. John is a rock and bulletproof. He came in to this with a 4:30h marathon. We finished in 3:52 so a massive PB for him I came in to it off the back of a 1:38 half but then got injured with exterior tendinitis. I backed off lots in training but the coaches said I had the fitness and they were right. It’s not at all about the last 3 weeks it’s the 12 weeks before that.
The race. 10 degrees c. The wind was constantly 20 mph or so. Coming back is of course great with the wind behind. Then across the bridge, back in to town and out again along another coast (it’s an island). This again was with a cross wind and then at 32k you head back in to the wind. This was so hard I can’t decribe it. We dropped pace to feel more comfortable and then ran in well to get to 3:52. I think I could have gone slightly quicker but I have to be happy with a first real marathon time.
Thanks to the coaches and RC community for advice and support. This is a very cool bucket list Marathon. Highly recommend. Norway is very cool and Tromso is incredible.
Chuck LaRocco ran the Newport Marathon and finished with a time of 3:53:34.
This was a step in the right direction. Post the Boston DNF confirming to myself that I can improve to help build confidence. My BQ time qualifier in 2017 was Santa Rosa @ 3:59:10 so this year 3:53.34 is 5 plus minutes better.
Really ran better but need to remember the proper timing for gel use especially after mile 20 is needed for optimizing my performance. I left 3 gels unused ! Improvement is the thought process and I accomplished the main goal. Feeling more improvement is on the way over the next year !!
