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| Who is in for the New Bedford Half Marathon this month? (Read 523 times) |
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posted: 3/17/2008 at 4:11 PM |
I didnt realize just how competitive the field was at New Bedford yesterday until a friend told me to compare the 200th finisher in that race against another Half Marthon. So I did it, I compared it against Run to Remember held in Boston last May.
New Bedford HM
200th Place
Total Runners - 1,666
Time - 1:23:20
Pace - 6:22 mpm
Run to Remember 2007
200th Place
Total Runners - 3,200
Time - 1:38:05
Pace - 7:29 mpm
So the race is twice the size and yet you have to run more than a minute per mile faster just to get the same place in the race. That is a huge difference there.
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posted: 3/17/2008 at 5:02 PM |
| Quote from jeffdonahue on 3/17/2008 at 4:11 PM: I didnt realize just how competitive the field was at New Bedford yesterday until a friend told me to compare the 200th finisher in that race against another Half Marthon. So I did it, I compared it against Run to Remember held in Boston last May.
Cool stat!
New Bedford does bring out a good field. It's the USATF-NE Half-Mary Championship race, which might help, plus it falls at a good time for a competitive half marathon. Most of the Spring Marathons are 5-8 weeks out so it makes for a good tune up race. They also have a pretty deep prize structure through USATF - individuals only pay 3 places but teams pay 6 places. |
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posted: 3/17/2008 at 10:16 PM |
| Had a good race, weather was much better than last year. Felt really good through out the race even with the wind along the waterfront. Finised at 2:16 which I was pleased with after combating a back problem three weeks ago and scraping Hyannis. Enjoyed the fish sandwich and chower too! Glad to hear you all made it. On to the next one! |
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posted: 3/18/2008 at 2:43 AM |
Excellent runs everybody, great reports!
Had a good run myself, despite showing up late. So lame, a first for me. The gun time was still good for a PR, but I'll be running against my unofficial 'best' 6:30 faster. Very nice course, just enough difficulty to give it character. Starting in last place allowed me to 'run with' almost 1000 people! |
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