Saturday, September 22, 2012

Miami...Paris...New York City



The November 4 ING New York City Marathon will be my third 26.2 of 2012, following the Miami Marathon in January and Marathon de Paris in April. With 42 days to go for the trifecta, just reminding myself of what it feels like . . .



2012 NYRR Race Report

Here it is, the 9+1 required for guaranteed entry in the 2013 ING NYC Marathon -- nine scored qualifier races plus one volunteer assignment in the previous (2012) calendar year. Have gradually speeded up through the year. The first race (Joe Kleinerman 10K) was the one where my IT Band syndrome popped up and after a short ambulance ride I hobbled over the finish line a half-hour late.

Race Name, DateDist.
(miles)
Gun
Time
Net
Time
Pace
per Mile
 Overall Place/
Total
Finishers
 Gender Place/
Total
Males
 Age Place/
Total in
Age Group
Age-Graded
Time
Age-Graded
Performance
Percentage
Volunteer Credit
December 31, 2012
 VQ VQ VQ VQ              
NFL Back to Football Run
August 30, 2012
4.045:52 42:22 10:35 2693 / 3446 1468 / 1685 70 / 85 36:09 46.5 % 
Run to Breathe
July 21, 2012
6.21:15:02 1:06:57 10:47 3951 / 4840 2204 / 2470 155 / 185 57:37 46.5 % 
CPC Run for Central Park
July 14, 2012
4.046:02 42:32 10:38 4123 / 5073 2366 / 2622 182 / 202 36:36 46.0 % 
Achilles Hope and Possibility
June 24, 2012
5.058:37 54:47 10:57 2356 / 3382 1307 / 1673 105 / 131 47:08 45.2 % 
Portugal Day
June 17, 2012
5.057:14 52:11 10:26 3643 / 4425 2472 / 2749 205 / 227 44:54 47.5 % 
Brooklyn Half Marathon
May 19, 2012
13.12:38:57 2:29:15 11:23 12839 / 14187 6761 / 7110 335 / 363 2:09:44 45.6 % 
UAE Healthy Kidney 10K
May 12, 2012
6.21:17:28 1:10:21 11:20 7204 / 7934 3968 / 4191 271 / 294 1:00:32 44.3 % 
NYC Half
March 18, 2012
13.12:52:00 2:27:45 11:16 13623 / 15376 7007 / 7476 528 / 565 2:08:26 46.1 % 
Joe Kleinerman 10K
January 7, 2012
6.21:34:54 1:29:33 14:26 5261 / 5313 2770 / 2779 201 / 202 1:17:04 34.8 % 

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

NYC Marathon veterans give advice to first-timers

Today the New York City Marathon's Facebook page asked veteran NYCM runners to share advice with those running it for the first time on Nov. 4. This is worth sharing to all marathon runners, so I'm doing a simple copy-and-paste of the comments so far, including mine. It will be my third.