Northeast Ohio Multi-Sport Team
Ran this inaugural race yesterday morning. SECOND SOLE MADE IN AMERICA
Very windy, temps in the low 40’s. A flat course after mile 3, mostly on the towpaths either side of the Tusc. River. Race went well – 1:27:41. 10th overall, and 1st Masters over 50. I struggled from the 8 mile point on – with the wind no longer in my face, I hoped to have negative split, but was unable to pull that off (and had 2 friends pass me in the process!).
ANGELICA …. CLEVELAND 10K…..3RD AGE GROUP
STEVE… BUCKEYE 1/2 PENINSULA…….9TH AGE GROUP, TIME 1:47
After enjoying a fresh salad at Earth Fare tonight while the kids were at swim practice, I was reflecting on the weekend and thought I would write this race review. Went 3:19.47 at Columbus Marathon this Sunday. It was a great fall Ohio day for a marathon at an always fun place to run. Temp was about 39 at the start with a brisk wind making it a little on the chilly side. Once race started however, turned out to be a clear, blue sky sunny day around 60 degrees with wind tapering down. The different areas of Columbus along with music, fans, a full field of runners, along with a run through the OSU stadium at mile 17.5 make this a great fall marathon for those looking for a BQ time. This was the 4th year for me to run this race with the past 3 yrs resulting in a BQ time of 5 minutes plus.
Paul Lenz
10/26……GREAT PUMPKIN RACE, 4 MILER 24:52 6TH OVERALL OUT OF 308, 1ST AGE GROUP
11/2………RICH DALESSANDRO MEMORIAL 5K, 19:16 12TH OVERALL OUT OF 428 1ST AGE GROUP
I competed in the Hilton Head Sprint Triathlon over the weekend in South Carolina. It was a great event- beautiful ocean swim and beach run! I placed second overall for women, first in my age group. Afterwards, I answered many questions from the local triathletes about our races in Ohio. They couldn’t believe the number of triathlon teams and number of races we have. Most everyone I met race alone and had only been able to find 3 races since March. Guess we are lucky up here in the north after all 🙂 Megan
CLEVELAND ZOO, TIME 49MINS 5TH OVERALL FEMALE
Ran the race for Maggie’s place 9k at the zoo sat. Great race, and a great cause. Proceeds go to a shelter for homeless pregnant women and moms. 49 min even. 5th place overall female. Hilly as heck!
Akron Marathon 9-28-2013
Weather wise, a perfect day, 55 degrees at the start- no wind and a clear sky
First 4 miles were a little crowded, but not bad, felt good, and had to keep watching my pace, was feeling good, and had to really hold back.
At 11 mile mark, things really thinned out, when all the ½ marathon people took the turnoff. There is a massive mile plus downhill, and I tried to let it fly, but was hard after 10 miles on my legs, and knowing I had not even hit the ½ way mark. I held a 7:15 pace (my goal pace) all the way to mile 16, but that’s when you hit the sand run parkway, which is a 4 mile section of up and down hills, with a huge straight up hill at the end. Those hills dropped me to a 7:25 pace, but the toll it took on my legs was huge. The 7.27 pace group started to pass me, and I tried everything to hang with them. I did not know it at the time, but was within 30 seconds of 2nd place till mile 22, then lost 4 minutes to him. I think He was in that group
I was doing well drinking, and took in 2 jells on schedule feeling ok, but at mile 24 had dropped to a 730 pace,1/2 the 727 group had slowly pulled away, the other ½ dropped behind me . The last 2 miles are downhill, and there was not dropping my time down like I had anticipated, my legs would just not let me get into a long stride (they kept wanting to do the Ali shuffle- short little strides).
I finished in 3:18, 3rd in my class, 96 overall (out of 1664),a cool finish with a huge crowd in the Aero’s stadium,
Not sure any more marathon are on my 2 do list, I miss the multi-sport racing
Ken
MARATHON……KEN, 3RD AGE GROUP TIME OF 3:18
BRENDA…..4:29
HALF……………STEVE….1:53
RELAY ………….MEGAN 2ND LEG….. HER TEAM FINISHED 5TH OVERALL, TIME 3:17
PAUL L……..
Rough race for me in Erie. On pace thru first half at sub 1:35 but never got in comfortable pace with heart rate jumping up early. Started to have issues at 16-20 mi and finished in 3:26, 1 min off BQ cut. As far as race goes, scenic and flat 2 loop marathon on Presque Isle. Had about 3,000 runners between full and half. Abundant fluid stops every mile, but low key, monotonous type race with little to no fanfare making it a bigger challenge. Often wondered about flat courses but now believe some rolling hills are better for me. Looking at possibly ending fall with another marathon before letting go of the 18 wks of Daniels marathon training and going into winter mode. Some cross training with swimming and cycling over the next 1-2 weeks will help me make the decision.
RAY F. …….
4TH AGE GROUP, TIME OF 3:10:29
SPRINT DISTANCE
JASON……..2ND AGE GROUP 127:09
HENRY…3RD AGE GROUP 135:37
OLYMPIC DISTANCE
SCOTT…… ….FIRST OUT OF WATER WITH A GREAT SWIM, BUT WRONG TURN ON BIKE COURSE ENDED AS A DNF
MEGAN……2ND OVERALL FEMALE 1ST AGE GROUP TIME 2:39:47
ALEX ……2ND AGE GROUP 2:29:13
MIKE……12TH AGE GROUP 2:58:06