Parker Dahl ran the Leavenworth Marathon and finished with a time of 2:58.03. This was a massive personal record by 7 minutes!
A big downhill to start. I didn’t force the pace down. Mile 20 and 21 were uneven sandy dirt. (A horse trail) I ended up falling at mile 21 pretty hard. Those miles took a lot out of me. My last two miles I was fighting off cramps. Pushing any faster felt like it would set it off. I tried to keep it smooth.
Andre Arseneau ran the P’tit Train du Nord Marathon and finished this race in the time of 3:49:00.
This race went great. Everything fell into place nicely and I had a solid, steady run. Cold at the start. Idyllic forest trail scenery. The route is a gentle net downhill with some gentle but long uphills at difficult spots. My race strategy came off to a T, resulting in a 16 minute buffer for Boston 2028. Placed 27 out of 57 in my age group. Middle of the pack overall.
Christina Kach ran the Hampton Rockfest Half Marathon with a finishing time of 1:55:42.
Really gorgeous fall day in New Hampshire. 56 degrees, medium humidity, low dew point and warm sunshine. Just the kinda of fall day that begs for someone to hold a race through foliage! I’ve always done a fall race somewhere with beautiful fall scenery, so that trend continued. The weather and A+ crowd support from Go through mile 4 kept the energy so high I was hard not to go out too fast – which I did. At mile 4 along the coastline, I had 2 miles of headwinds (which were glorious tailwinds in miles 11-13) that slowed me down which was fine, I didn’t want to spend too much extra energy with so much race to go. I kept the 8:45-9 pace through most of the remaining miles. Sure enough I didn’t have my usual finishing kick from going out too fast. Got stomach cramps at mile 11 which bothered me through the end of the race. Coming in at my 2nd fastest half in a strong but controlled race really had me proud.
