Boston Marathon Photos

Crossing the finish line!



This is from the final stretch on Boylston St.

The Blog is Back:114th Running of the Boston Marathon

After a lengthy gap, the blog is back! Here are the results of the Boston Marathon from today. I finished 412th out of 25,000+ runners in a personal best of 2:47:07. This is over a 9 minute improvement from my previous best. The original goal was to break 2:45. I was on pace to do that for the majority of the race. I went through the first 5k in 19:37 then picked it up a little bit and passed the 10k mark in 38:51. I came through the halfway point (13.1 miles) right on target at 1:21:45. At this point I was feeling fantastic and knew I would be in the 2:45 range. After the half I was clipping away the miles through Newtown, Ma. This is where the infamous hills come into play. They stretch from miles 17-21. They are long and brutal. I would compare them to the hill on Higgins but picture doing that 3 times over right after each other. I actually felt great going up all the hills and even felt decent on the downhill of Heartbreak Hill. This downhill is usually where people fall apart if they were able to make it up the hills ok. Things level off and then there is another steep downhill and this is where I began to fade a little bit. Since you lose time on the uphills, this is where you need to make it up. Unfortunately, I didn't have quite enough to pull off the sub 2:45 and I did fade a little from the 35k-40k. However, I am extremely pleased with the performance. I set a huge PR and the winner actually set a course record in an astonishing 2:05.52. This is about a minute and a half faster than the previous record. It was a great experience and all the miles and hard work that I put in definitely paid off.

Results from the NYC Half Marathon

So this was my first of two events that I have been training for and telling all of you about throughout the indoor season. Well finally, I got to race! I ran 1:14.43 (5:41 pace for non-mathematicians) for the 13.1 mile race. I finished 70th out of 11,493 finishers and 10th in my age group. To put in perspective how good the "good" people are, the men's winner ran 59:52 and the women's winner ran 1:09:25. Both times are blazing fast. It definitely was a good day and I thank all of you for keeping me motivated throughout the winter months and that is why I sported the Cheshire singlet. Next up is the Boston Marathon on April 19th! If you're bored and want to watch an exciting race, you can watch it here. You can see half of me at the end of the race when I am finishing.

A couple pictures from the race

Runnin

This is in the heart of Time Square just before the 10 mile mark.

Representin'


I tried to be artsy before the race.

End of Season Meeting

There will be a mandatory indoor track meeting immediately following school on Monday, March 1st. I will collect remaining uniforms and we will vote for next years captains. Please make appropriate arrangements.

A Shout Out to An Old Teammate

Check this video out. It is of a teammate of mine and fellow running Red Fox Adam Vess. Many of you know Adam since he ran for Xavier High School and has been a counselor at Green Mountain Running Camp. Vess discusses some of the transitions to college running and the ups and downs he has faced. This is a featured video on flotrack and it will be sure to bring some attention to the Marist program. Enjoy!

State Open Results/Feedback

Sorry for the delay, I caught one of the illnesses that have been going around and was sick yesterday.

4x800m Relay 9th 10:05.89 Tied Season Best

Jenna-2:34.4 Another solid performance from you, good job!
Amanda- 2:38.2 Finally dipped under that 2:40 mark, fantastic!
Sarah-2:30.5 Great split, you closed a pretty big gap.
Julie-2:22.4 Nicely Done!

55m Dash
Ashia 7.53. Not a bad way to finish out the season, you were impressive meet after meet. Well done!

1000m
Julie 2:56.59 3rd PR New England Qualifier. What a race! Only .33 separated 1st through 3rd. Unbelievable effort and I can't wait to see what you do at New Englands. Great job!

4x400m 11th 4:14.00 Season Best

Kylee 1:03.56 Not bad for being sick. Well done!
Taylor- 1:04.7 Fantastic race for you, you looked great!
Sarah- 1:03.7 Another great race for you.
Casey- 1:01.0 Great split!

You all ran very well, I was impressed!

HJ
Kylee-3rd 5-02.0 Great way to end your indoor career, fantastic job!

Shot
Rachel- 1st 43-09.0 Fantastic!

Great job to all of you. We tied for 7th with 23 points. Congratulations to all of those that have ended their indoor careers. Its been a great season. However, we still have a couple individuals continuing with the New England Championships in 2 weeks and the Nike Indoor National Meet in 3 weeks. Videos of the races can be found here.