Bret

New York City Marathon 2018

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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:	0.00	Month:	91.50	Year:	1815.45

Sun, Nov 04, 2018

Race: New York City Marathon 2018 (26.22 Miles) 03:54:03

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	26.22	0.00	0.00	26.22

Sort of a last minute decision. Richie invited me to join a charity team he sponsors annually for the race. I was sick all week - and had just run Chicago 4 weeks ago - but the opportunity to run in New York again and to connect with Richie and his friends for a “non-racing” effort was too enticing.

So the plan was to pace Richie and his friend Tommy to run sub 3:30. I did not know how many miles I had in me at that pace - but I would give my best. Really turned out to be a nice sunny cool day and the race proceeded as planned. I gave them both about 15-16 miles and then slowed.

Tommy ended up running 3:29 - for a PR which was great for him. Richie developed a severe GI problem some time after we separated. Not sure how I did not see him but he ended up walking it in. I had some cramping in my legs and sort of jogged it in and took in the tremendous crowds. We all connected afterwards and had a good time recounting the day.

So with this finish - I have completed 9 NYC marathons. I think I need one more to round it out at an even ten.

Comments

From Rob Murphy on Mon, Nov 05, 2018 at 05:34:02 from 67.177.30.39

Good to see you here! I watched the race yesterday but did not see you in the pack :-)

Pretty soon your NY marathon total will eclipse my marathon total.

From Bret on Wed, Nov 07, 2018 at 12:51:46 from 216.234.133.229

Thanks Rob...I heard the coverage was not very good on ESPN. Perhaps better coverage would have included me :)

From jtshad on Wed, Nov 07, 2018 at 14:07:41 from 141.221.191.225

Nice job at this race, running with friends is awesome!

It was fun to watch and somewhat inspiring.

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