The year is winding down, but Striders have been hot during this Fall's marathon racing season. There were many PRs, with the women's open marathon record falling TWICE in just two weeks.
Adam Wytko opened things up in September with a solid 2:53:54 to win the Bagel to Beer Marathon in Columbia.
Linda-Lou O'Connor ran the Wineglass Marathon for 3rd Master in 3:22:51, and toed the line again less than a month later to run the NYC Marathon in 3:33:32.
Noel McCracken also ran the Wineglass Marathon, notching a 3:14:49, good for 17th.
Ed Wilson (3:18:26), Tunde Morakinyo (3:24:44 as a pacer!), Alex Wang (3:12:01, also a pacer) knocked out respectable performances in Baltimore.
Beth Hannon knocked out a solid PR at Marine Corps, running 3:10:44.
A contingent of Striders were also at the Philadelphia Marathon two weeks ago, with Craig Lebro leading the way with a huge PR (2:36:51). Kevin Ford was next in 2:44:32 (also a PR), while Alex Wang slashed about 5 minutes off of her PR by running 2:45:25. Alex's time was good for a women's RTR. Ed Wilson also set a RTR for the Grand Master category, destroying his Baltimore time and running under 3 hours (2:59:32).
The performance of the hour has to be Julia Roman-Duval's Olympic Trials Qualifying marathon performance at the California International Marathon. She ran even splits for a 2:40:36, which makes her the newest racing team record-holder. Great job Julia!
Congratulations to everyone who were able to see their hard training to completion this Fall. Keep up the great work!
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Friday, January 13, 2012
USA Marathon Olympic Trials - TOMORROW!
All,
In case you didn't know, the Trials are tomorrow in Houston. The races will be televised on NBC from 3-5pm so check it out.
Here is a link to an article highlighting eight local runners participating in the Trials:
http://www.runwashington.com/news/3769/
Most notably, Chrissie Ramsey, of the our arch rival Falls Road Running Race Team will be running after running a blazing 1:14:57 half at Philly in November! She is ridiculously fast!
Hoping to see some great performances from Team USA hopefuls!
In related news, Coach Phil Lang will be running the Aramco Houston Half Marathon on Sunday morning. He claims not to be in great shape, but in my experience that's never stopped him...GO PHIL!!!
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