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It's Patriot's Day: EN @ the Boston Marathon

Al TruscottAl Truscott
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 Don't see a thread anywhere about ENer's @ the BM, so I thought I'd throw this in here, as more folks follow this area than the BM training group.

After 15 K, Matt Ancona (bib # 2454) is holding steady at sub 21:00 5K pace, could hit 2:50

Todd Des Fosses (8616) is holding 24:00 pace

Bill McKinney (23939) is through 5K under 30:00

Coach P (2772) has no time listed; did he not start?

Don't know who else is racing

BTW, two Americans, Ryan Hall and Meb K, are in the lead group of 10 after 25 K, along with 5 Kenyans and 3 Ethiopians.

P.S., is there a math whiz who can tell me what the odds are there would be so many doubled digits in the EN bib #s -a total of six pairs out of 17 digits?

 

Comments

  • dhalligandhalligan

    Coach P's on the DL.  He's cheering on the EN contingent.

  • FrattoFratto
    Gregory"dusty" Rhodes is running. @15K mark hes at 7:40 pace.
  • Nemo BrauchNemo Brauch
    Have been "watching" when I can online today. Great to see so many ENers at the race! Gooooo Team!

    PS- Al- those are some freaky odds!
  • NortonNorton
    Men's winner: 2:05:52, a new course record, by a lot. What a performance!
  • HayesSanbornHayesSanborn

    Matt was out crushing dreams today....2:49:39 ----negative split that sucka

  • Barbara SpitlerBarbara Spitler
    Ancona was awesome today! My brother Mann did Boston as well. 61 years old , and he ran 3:41:15! Kudos to all Boston Marathoners! Fabulous!
  • Gordon CherwoniakGordon Cherwoniak

    I missed the live action today but great job by all the EN'ers.

    Gordon

  • Coach PatrickCoach Patrick

    Here are the numbers for the folks I saw...great job by all on a pretty good / yet tough day. Boston is NOT an easy marathon course and you all did very, very well!!!!

    Matt Ancona: 2:49:40

    Todd DesFossess: 3:29:05

    William Jenks: 3:16:40

    Bill McKinney: 4:02:16

    Greg Rhodes: 3:32:48

    Mark Roberts: 3:54:37

  • Steven FordSteven Ford

    Linda Ford wife of Me 3:33

  • wieczynskiwieczynski
    Well done to one and all!
  • Nemo BrauchNemo Brauch
    Posted By Steven Ford on 20 Apr 2010 05:42 AM

    Linda Ford wife of Me 3:33

    Wow- that's one fast lady your married to!  Nice!!

    Congrats to all!  Hope your quads aren't beating you up too badly today!



     

  • manconamancona

    Congrats to everyone and those are some impressive times! Boston sure is a humbling course and no joke. The 16 miles of downhill make you feel like a rock star and then reality sets in very fast.

  • William JenksWilliam Jenks
    This was my first.

    Among the many impressions of the day was the carnage at the very first hill in Newton. It didn't strike me as steep at all, and it comes with 10 miles to go. I was lucky enough to have a good day (at least all of me except my quads), but when I saw people walking there, I knew they were going to have a long rest-of-the-day. Ouch.
  • Bill McKinneyBill McKinney
    Great to know folks were tracking. I had a great day. Saw Linda and Keith at Mile 10, but somehow totally missed the EN banner (sorry P). I was running with a friend whose mother-in-law used to work at BAA and thus gets 1 spot per year, she got another from a friend and gave them to me and my buddy as a gift. It was his 1st marathon, and we've done all of our long runs together and planned to run together assuming we both held up. We went out conservatively (thus the 29ish 5K split). We got progressively faster, though, and by the time we got to Heartbreak Hill we were really blowing through the field. Our 5 fastest miles of the entire day were 21-25. Ended up with a negative split of +2:00 which felt pretty darn good. NOW I have to go out and prove I can qualify! Great seeing everyone at the meetup on Sunday!
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