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Constantina Tomescu crossing the finish line of Women's Marathon. (Photo Credit:Guo Dayue/Xinhua) 38 year old Constantina Tomescu Dita won the women's marathon with 22 seconds to spare over her n
...f-marathons, but not over the full 26.2. I'm hoping to keep it comfortable for as long as possible and to finish in about 3:59. I'm scared primarily because I haven't gone the marathon distance in two...
... this local favorite in beautiful Seal Beach, CA. The race seemed very well organized, as always, and the finish area, right by the beach, was as welcomed as ever. One bad thing: the start didn't go a...
...t value) Lots of people ran or walked in costume. It took our motly little troop 2 hours and 5 minutes to finish. But still, there was plenty of water, the bands did not go home early, and there was s...
...ith the yellow cap and top and navy blue shorts trying to hold 8:30 or better pace with a 'sprint' to the finish :). Here's to hoping the rain doesn't get us....
... the smoke cleared, and the pat-pat of the shoes was further off in the distance, I worked on getting the finish line set up, mostly the ever-important timing mats. Which for some reason, keep getting...
Venue: Central Park. Course does 2 6 mile loops then finishes the same way as the NY marathon Weather: 34 degrees, fairly clear sky Weapons: (1) A 4 mile performance that indicated that I could do a
...h day only if I rested first. The fifth day I had to rest entirely. The next day I completely strained to finish a slow but constant 3 miler. The day after that, today, I could do 3 miles, but only af...
...t if the same numbers turned up I would at least avoid the wooden spoon. I figured that a 37 or 38 minute finish would be about right for someone of my limited ability and experience. So I ventured ou...
...e. Participants: 3,000 This was my 1st 10K and I wanted to just set a time for the distance. I hoped to finish in 46:00, but missed out by a minute. I started out by parking at work which is about 2...
...ave you ever seen one of the top runners at a local 5K or 10K run to the potty right after they cross the finish line? Still, all the joggers that come after cross the line grimmacing because they're ...
...ng footsteps behind me. When I reached the bottom of the hill and started the incline that leads to the finish, I was absolutely toast. I had ran with everything I had for that last km, and it paid ...
...me) - and have found that I hit my max at 5K. (about 3 miles). I need to double that in order to at least finish this race, but, am finding that I just can't. There are even days I come in and can bar...
...e now been running 11 months and I have quite a bit of mileage done. So I wasn't worried about failing to finish this one. To avoid the wall I planned to drink plenty fluid, eat a bag of jelly babies ...
...est. after the turn-around (at the 3.5K mark) i picked up the speed again because i knew i was going to finish. i had planned to blast up the slight hill, but i thought better of it when the time ac...
... goes out and back through Trinity Park, quite nice with only two hills (one at halfway, one right at the finish). About 100-some runners lined up. My goal time would have been about 15th place last y...
...s planning on running a sub 3 at Boston. Is this still attainable or do I have to just plan on running to finish. Any idea on how long it will take me to heal up? I am young (24) and have quite a kn...
My girlfriend's daughter, age 6, just finished a marathon in Texas in 5:39. (This is not a joke). Some people thought this was some sort of record - fastest time for a six year old, youngest person ev
Race : Primo's Run for Education. Place: Danville, CA Date : 10/13/2002 7:30AM PST Finish Time: 2hrs 30seconds! It was my first half-marathon since I started running last year to get healthier and t
Well, I'm annoyed. I ended up 8 seconds on the wrong side of my predicted finishing time (1:31:14). In my defence I would say that Inverness isn't the flattest of courses and it was darned windy yeste
...y about 42F, but there was quite a breeze at some points, so it felt a little colder. Course: Started and finished on track, out and back, with an extra little loop on the back part to make another ou...
...idn't notice it. But this past Monday on the Great Aloha Run, it started getting tight at 5 miles. When I finished, it was the worse. I could barely lift my left leg without pain in that region. This ...
...eople who line up too far forward at the start line. At the very least it's a nuisance and hurts peoples' finishing times, not to mention dangerous having to run off the side of the road just to pass ...
...et of mud, keeping under low-hung wires. Once out of the mud pit, it was only a hundred feet or so to the finish line. However, by that time, I had absolutely no energy left for a final finish-line pu...
Amsterdam Marathon - 20th October 2002 http://www.amsterdammarathon.nl Age: 46 Expected finish time: 4:30 Actual finish time: 4:44 This was my first marathon, chosen because of the flat course (or a
... who impressed me at first by firing way out ahead were now crashing, walking and not looking like they'd finish. i passed all but one of them. a boy in an orange shirt was my target for a while, but ...
...and to everyone running other races, too! The Chicago marathon will be starting just about as I cross the finishing line in Odense, so my special wishes go to those doing Chicago. I wish I could watch...
...cle i gutted it out and poured on the speed. It came down to Adam to one police officer. Adam crossed the finish line 4 feet ahead of the officer. Both breathing hard and running all out. It was a sig...
...hon' Hannover (may 2002)in october 2001. Two times a week, later 4 times a week. And I was successfull, i finished the marathon in 3.37h. Bye Jürgen Graf...
...er (Premiere Sports). We got to talking and I quickly discovered that we had a common goal - a sub 3:00 finish time. I have a bad tendency to run the first half too fast leaving my tank empty for ...
Hello all, I ran my first half marathon in Toronto on Oct. 20th and finished in 2:21. This is not a spectacular time, but I was pretty pleased considering I only had 5 weeks to train for it, had a c
Depends on how quickly you finish (-; Yes, it's realistic. Once you finish, you can just go. Most races will post the results on the internet nowadays. I'd recommend getting there earlier if you nee
allan webb 'the great hope' for american middle running gets smoked yet again as he finished dead last in the usa's track and field indoor championships in the 3000 meters. so much for this flash in t
I just finished my first 5K race (yes. it is associated with the 30K that our contributor Dave had his big problem in. hope he gets healthy.). i am ready for my next. I picked a 10K on May 2. It is st
...be doing it for time; just for fun. Am I the only crazy one that would do this? Will I be the last one to finish or are there more out there who just run it for fun? This question has been bugging m...
... ground one of these day, I just don't have that much will power and this might be the first race I don't finish....
...5-10. The last .1 several young kids that had been raising havoc on the course started to sprint to the finish...Zach yelled, 'go dad'...so I did. What the heck. It had been a hilly 3 miles and I di...
Looks like he was the 89th runner to cross the finish. Laurie PS Roger is plugging along. 15k he was 1:47. ( recovery from running injury)
... October 20, 2002 (four days before my 35th birthday) Time: 8:05 AM Weather: Sunny 33 F at start, 52 F at finish Participants: 5,000 (estimate) Bid #: 1242 Placement: don't know, web site down Time: 0...
Hi All, Well I finished the L.A. Marathon last Sunday. The run went well out to about mile 12. After that I started gradually losing ground due to the heat. I don't handle the heat very well so I ju
...n. The worst part was driving away from the event site seeing the back of the packers still struggling to finish, and me driving away after wussing out at the 5K pylon. Did a 16 miler this morning thi...
Date: October 13, 2002 7:30am Finishers: 31,107 With an injury I planned to walk the whole marathon with the 6:00 group. My goal was to finish right before 6:00 showed up on the time clock and since
...all the race. I knew I had to run steep uphill right at the begin of each round, and steep downhill again finishing the round. I am quite unexperienced running uphill and downhill now that I am a city...
...ere to carry my stuff and I had eaten and drunk well. Since I had not trained all too well, I expected to finish in 1:45 hours, although I was hoping to finish in 1:44 or possibly 1:43. The first 15...
...for me anyway), my time for this mornings 16 mile training run was almost identical to her record Chicago finish time. Humbling-ain't it....
...s around 22 miles. Marshals rescued me at 24 miles - was near point of collapse. Got driven back to the finish and got wrapped up in my jumper and coat - still shivering like crazy for over an hour ...
Hello all, I ran my first half marathon in Toronto on Oct. 20th and finished in 2:21. This is not a spectacular time, but I was pretty pleased considering I only had 5 weeks to train for it, had a c
...th up-tempo half miles alternating with relaxed halves on Wednesday, and 10k with 2 miles up-tempo, and a finishing half up-tempo. (and that's it for the week, 25 miles or so). The up-tempo was betwee...
...ut they wouldn't do it. I had to retire as I would have slowed my team down by hours. My team went on and finished in 10th place. They passed 6 teams in the last 30kms and I'm really proud of them. I ...
... Saturday; let's just say I was envious of the stride length and speed but felt like I was more likely to finish 18 miles at my pace than hers. -chris...
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