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| Finally Qualified for Boston (Read 315 times) |
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posted: 2/3/2008 at 9:53 PM |
Please check out my post in the General Running. Got in at 3:57:47--age 64. Better yet--it was 13 seconds faster than my first marathon back in December, 1977!!--I think running negative splits on the second 1/2 helped. My 65,000 miles probably didn't hurt. LHR training worked for me. I ran more miles in '07 than I have since the early 80's by using LHR stuff. Mind you I have always trained on the slow side. I think that has been a big help in keeping me healthy and on the roads closing in on 32 yrs in April-and still loving it.
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posted: 2/3/2008 at 10:09 PM |
| Congrats to you Nick! That is awesome. I think I need to drop like an hour and 15 mnutes off my best marathon to qualify for Boston. At my speed I think I qualify when I turn 75. |
"80% of success is showing up." ~ Woody Allen
"Go that way... really fast. If something gets in your way... turn." ~ Charles DeMar
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posted: 2/3/2008 at 10:22 PM |
| Wow, very impressive - great job! |
"Better to take the slow approach then the no approach."
My Quest to a Marathon blog.262quest.com |
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posted: 2/4/2008 at 3:35 PM
modified: 2/4/2008 at 3:36 PM |
Way to go Nick,
I remember you from the old CR forums and Runzone when you set this as your goal. To finally achieve it has to be very fulfilling. I never had a doubt that you would do it.
Congratulations...and good luck at Boston!
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Masters PR's:
40's - 5k 16:39; 10k 33:48, 10m 56:25, HM 1:15:27, Marathon 2:43:12
50's - couch potato
60's - 5k 19:00, 10k 38:35, 10m 1:05:30, HM 1:24:09, 30k 2:04:33 |
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posted: 2/4/2008 at 5:20 PM |
Yippy Kay-Ay! You rock! I'm 36 and my fastest marathon is 4:22  ... Awesome!
Enjoy when you're running the streets of Boston. |
You know when you're running a ultra marathon because the pain actually starts to hurt
-- Jakob Herrmann
my running achievements
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