The following race recap was written by Ryan Pancoast, who traveled to New York City to watch the trials this morning. Ryan is an illustrator who maintains a studio in Stanford, Connecticut. Last weekend, Ryan set an almost 20 minute PR in his second marathon. For more information about Ryan, to see his online portfolio…
Ryan Hall broke the men’s marathon olympic trials record by over a minute in his dominating win over the rest of the field this morning. He ran 2:09:02, beating Dathan Ritzenhein by 2 minutes and 5 seconds. Brian Sell was another half minute back, securing a position on the Olympic team with a 2:11:07. That…
This week last year I began my final preparations for the New York City marathon and completed my marathon preparation series. I finished up the series on rest by describing how to time rest during a workout. I described different types of rest, and gave a few tips that I use to measure my rest…
Casey MoultonPhoto #58 by Don PentaTomorrow morning, the men’s Olympic Marathon Trials will begin at 7:35 EDT. 179 men have run qualifying times to compete in the event, and only 3 of them will be able to continue on to the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing. The race will be more interesting than usual because…
The ING New York City Marathon has a lottery for who gets to run. The results are now available (as of about noon this morning) and can be searched at their website: The lottery has sifted through more than 98,000 applicants from around the world to select the entrants to the ING New York City…
Lance Armstrong is planning on running the New York City Marathon again. It took him a few months to forget exactly how much that first one hurt, and now he is realizing how worthwhile marathoning really is. He states that he has no interest in running any other marathons; apparently the average weather in New…
I officially crossed the finish line of the New York City Marathon in 2 hours, 52 minutes, and 5 seconds. My watch time was 2 hours, 51 minutes, and 18 seconds. My official (net) time was 2 hours, 51 minutes, and 42 seconds. No matter how you cut that, it beats the 2:52:37 that I…
Last night, I shared my pre-race experiences. This morning, I would like to describe the New York City Marathon as I saw it when I was running. This evening, I will share my experiences from after the race, as well as my official splits. The split times and overall times listed below are based on…
I have already touched a bit upon how the crowds disappointed me a bit at the marathon, but other than that I have little but good things to say about the race. It is the first time that I got to run a marathon with a friend from college (John Tomac), and it certainly made…
Dean Karnazes has finished his Endurance 50 event by running his 50th marathon in New York City. Apparently he was only about 10 minutes behind me or so, but I did not wait around to talk to him again. He ran his final marathon in just over 3 hours. When I was reading the race…