Eric Paradis ran the Pounding the Pavement for Pink 5k and finished this distance in the time of 29:39.
Cold, drizzling morning. About 2000 runners makes the start tough. Focus was on negative splits and finishing under 30 minutes, first time I was able to meet both goals! Woot!
Brent Roper ran the Muncie IN Half Ironman 70.3 Half Marathon and finished with a time of 1:43:31, which was a PR!
This was an amazing race! Due to an injury I was not able to train since March. When the Dr cleared me to race I only had 5 weeks to train. That is not near enough time to train for a Half Ironman. I am also old in my age group, and it is a World Championship Qualifier so it was a competitive field. I was 15th in my age group for the swim, 20th for the bike and 3rd (1:43:31: 7:55 average on a hilly course) in the run (thank you RC coaches)l!!! The run saved the day! They medal the top 5 and I was 5th. It was satisfying to run from behind to claim a medal in my first Half Ironman race and even more given the competition was first rate. Thank you RC!!
Joseph Osmond ran the St. George Marathon with a finishing time of 3:49:37.
I guess the positive here is that this total train wreck created a ground zero for me. I know what a marathon feels like. I literally cried when I got back to my hotel room. I was 20 minutes over what I thought was my ‘drop dead’ time of 3:30. (I was hoping for a 3:20 or lower, but that was probably pie in the sky.)
I stuck to my program throughout the year and felt confidence at the starting line as a result, but so many unanticipated issues arose and I wasn’t prepared for any of them.
Eric Paradis ran the Lisbon Fall Festival 5k and finished in a time of 30:04.
First time doing two races in two days. This one was somewhat hilly, awkward turn at the end into damp grass that slowed me down just enough to not break 30:00, at least that’s what I am going to claim! But, I did get negative splits, just for the second time. One of my club members finished his journey of all 169 towns in CT and we had a nice celebration for him at the end.
Jurate Grigorjeviene ran the Pink Run Lithuania 2022 10k, finishing this distance in the time of 44:40. This was a personal record by 3 minutes!
My last PR in 10k distance was just two months ago, and here I am, with a new one, and even better by 3 minutes (10k in 44.40). The route was longer, though, 10.45km. 16th place/216 in women group overall. Thank you, coaches, couldn’t expect better 🥰😊
Neal Mcmahon ran the London Marathon and finished this race in the time of 3:17:02.
This was my 3rd straight PR since joining Runners Connect. The first being Boston in October at 3:23, then Boston again in April at 3:23 and finally London yesterday at 3:17:02. Nitpicking a bit but maybe went out a tad to fast. I didn’t feel quite as strong in the last 10K in Boston. But all is well that ends well. Ready to recover with a few pints. Thanks to the team at Runners Connect for the expert guidance in helping me achieve these goals. Going to take a little break then it’s Back to Boston in April.
Robin Whitley ran the London Marathon and completed this race event in the time of 7:10:44.
NYCM is in five weeks and I knew I needed to finish London (#9!) without causing more issues or aggravating my left quad/ham muscles that were a problem for the past 4 weeks. I aimed to stick near my long run easy pace. Miles 9-20 were a mental battle since I did not feel great after the pothole moment. The last 10k felt good.:)
Kirsten Healey ran the Berlin Marathon with a finishing time of 4:07:00.
The Berlin Marathon was a lot of fun. It was my first marathon in 3 years, post-pandemic. There were a lot of people running this race (almost 35,000), but not a lot that were racing it so it contributed to a more casual vibe. Support along the course was good. The finish was great – running through the Brandenburg Gate was really cool. Some people were confused and stopped right after the gate thinking the race was finished. If you run Berlin, remember don’t stop until you cross the final timing mat and see they people with the medals!
After so much time off from racing, I wasn’t sure how I’d feel in the race. This was my 18th marathon but the first time I had trained using the Runners Connect method of slow running for building up cardio endurance and only 16 miles for the longest runs. The cardio portion worked for sure, but I lacked the confidence to know how would feel in the last 10 miles of the race since I’d never run longer than the 16. I was pretty steady throughout although I was unable to negative split. This is most likely my error since I was traveling a lot in May and June and was unable to really stick to the plan. My goal had been to finish the marathon and determine if I wanted to continue to marathon or hang up the sneeks – I am definitely in for more marathoning and have my fingers crossed for London in April!
Thanks, Runners Connect, I enjoyed the training and will be back if we can tweak the plan a bit for the next marathon.
Joe Allen ran the Barkcamp Races 10k and completed this distance in the time of 1:00:08.
We were just starting to get the remnants of the hurricane but it only had a light drizzle for most of the race. I know this course very well and held to my strategy of going easy on the first mile (all gradual uphill) and then pick up the pace on the downhills and repeat the process on the next four steep hills. Felt really good and was picking up the pace in the second half. About 3/4 from the finish, notices that one shoelace had come untied in the wet conditions but wasn’t about to stop. When I crossed the finish line, they handed me a plaque. I thought that I’d won my age group, but I was the 2nd place man. Very cool considering that the other runners were many years younger than me. You never know what will happen when you go out for a race.
Neil Edwards ran the London Marathon and finished in a time of 4:04:45. This was a new personal record by 1 minute!
This was a special race because it was a long term goal of mine to run a marathon, I’ve always said it was a one time thing for me, so it had to be London. The thing that made this race special was that I ran for a charity called The Army Benevolent Fund, which raises money for injured soldiers and their families. As an injured soldier, myself and my family received a lot of help back in 2006 after I was shot, I almost lost my left leg and very nearly died from blood loss so it felt really good and emotional to be able to give something back, because I had the same help. As for the race, pre race couldn’t have gone any worse really. Myself and my family (Wife and 3 daughters) initially intended to travel down to London by train on the Saturday morning, but just days before the rail service announced a rail strike so no trains were running. This put everyone’s journeys into jeopardy, we now had to drive the 5½ hours down to London and also we had to get to the Excel Arena by 5:30pm that day to pick our race pack or I wouldn’t be running in the Marathon. We set off at 7am and got there and through heavy traffic getting into London.
The race, I did what I tried not to do and I knew about it but still fell into that trap of heading out a bit too quick. I overcooked my pace only slightly in the first half of the race but I think that definitely contributed to me not reaching my target of a sub 4hr. I’m still very happy with my time and very proud of what I achieved and my family was there to see it, we managed to see each other at mile 25 which was a great moment. I gave it my all on the day so I left it all out there, I somehow managed to clock 27 miles, we spoke to another couple after the race that explained I may have gained more distance by running wide around bends and zig zagging between people to get a better spot. It is what it is we live and learn. I’m now looking forward to resting my sore legs but thankfully I am injury free.
Alison Thomson ran the Great Scottish Run Glasgow Half Marathon and finished this race event in the time of 2:06:57.
Started off this race with backache which eased off a little once I got started. Decided to run with a 2.05 pacer so as I didn’t have to think about my pace. Was doing well when my backache started again. Decided to slow it down a little as quite a few hills which wasn’t helping my back. At 10 miles I felt I might not be able to continue but told myself I only had a ‘ parkrun ‘ to the finish line. I Stepped up the pace a little and when I entered Glasgow Green I managed a sprint to the finish line. Although it wasn’t an enjoyable run, I felt amazing when I finished and had a 4 min PB. I even managed to come 32nd in my age grade and gender.
Thank you for the training plan. It definitely helped me achieve my goals.
Mario Ortiz ran the Monterrico 10k, finishing this distance in the time of 46:44.
I think the race went very well; it was at sea level, but it was hot and 100% humidity. The legs were fresh since I did not train significantly in the previous weeks since my HM race 4 weeks ago; actually, I just trained for just 110 miles during September.
Bruce Bergeson ran the Saint George Marathon and finished with a time of 4:11:01.
This was my slowest marathon for the last four years.
