Bret

New York City Marathon

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Location:

Milton,GA,USA

Member Since:

Jul 27, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PR's -

Mile - 4:38    (High School)

2 Mile - 10:12 (High School) 

3 mile - 15:51 (High School)

10k - 35:19 (High School)

Marathon - 2:59 marathon (London -2013)

Half marathon - 1:25:18 (Deseret News 2013)

Completed all 6 of the World Marathon Majors 2024

Completed each of the 5 majors (NY, Chicago, Boston, London & Berlin) at least twice.

8 x Boston Marathon (1999, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2020 (virtual due to covid) 2021, 2022)

13 x NYC Marathon (1997, 1998, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)

 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 3 hour marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Continue to enjoy running and racing as long as my body permits me.  

Personal:

Old guy - (grandfather even) been running for 40+ years.  

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Miles:This week: 26.50 Month: 93.00 Year: 486.05
Sun, Nov 06, 2016
Race: New York City Marathon (26.2 Miles) 04:20:45
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Ran the NYC marathon with my 22 year old daughter Riley and her boyfriend Artur who traveled here from Italy.  Both were first time marathoners and wanted my support and pacing.  

Race conditions were fairly good - in the 50's and a little windy.  We all started in the second wave and got off to a good pace averaging around 8:45 per mile.  Unfortunately around mile 11 Artur started complaining of IT band / knee pain which got worse as we progressed.  By mile 16 we were reduced to a walk/run situation where we'd run to each water stop and then walk for minute or so. 

We likely had a shot at a sub 4 hour effort - but we were committed to run together and he did not want to drop out.

Really special getting to do a marathon with my daughter - who ironically was my only daughter who did not run cross country or track in high school.  She was a competitive swimmer.  

 

Comments
From Rob Murphy on Sun, Nov 06, 2016 at 19:10:09 from 24.10.247.181

Congrats to everyone Bret.

From Bret on Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 11:00:00 from 62.232.173.228

Thanks Rob - you'll have to get Abby up to marathon distance someday and do one with her.

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