Half Marathons done:
- Illinois Half Marathon #13, 2022,
time 2:43:04,
20th of 25 men age 65-69,
pace 12:27 minutes per mile,
first 10k pace 11:39,
Garmin track.
(The marathon was cancelled, due to a lack of logistical support from the cities. That's why I was in the half marathon.)
Marathons done:
- Indianapolis Marathon, October 18, 2008,
time 4:23:57,
34th of 56 men aged 55-59 (top 60%),
google earth track, pictures.
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Illinois Marathon #1,
April 11, 2009,
time 4:14:40 (bib 622),
28th of 74 men aged 55-59 (top 38%),
google earth track, pictures.
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Illinois Marathon #2,
May 1, 2010,
time 4:18:57 (bib 794),
19th of 62 men aged 55-59 (top 30%),
google earth track.
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LA Marathon 2011,
March 20, 2011,
time 4:25:38 (bib 11776),
133rd of 571 men aged 55-59 (top 23%),
or
259th of 702 men aged 55-59 (top 37%),
google earth track.
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Illinois Marathon #3, April 30, 2011,
time 4:05:23,
21st of 60 men aged 55-59 (top 34%),
google earth track.
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Tokyo Marathon 2012, February 26, 2012, time 4:19:21;
midpoint 2:12:11;
for splits search for bib number 30668 at 2012 results,
714th of 1892 men 55-59 (top 38%), 12930th of 34660 people (top 38%).
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Illinois Marathon #4, April 28, 2012,
time 4:20:08 (bib 974),
pace 9:56 minutes per mile,
37th of 71 men aged 55-59 (top 51%),
google earth track.
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Illinois Marathon #5, April 27, 2013,
time 4:22:04 (bib 983),
pace 10:00 minutes per mile,
first 10k pace 8:58,
10th of 21 men aged 60-64 who finished (top 45%),
google earth track.
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Kyoto Marathon 2014, February 16, 2014, time 4:43:00,
Garmin track,
google earth track,
official result, backed up.
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Illinois Marathon #6, April 26, 2014, time 4:46:17 (search for bib 1151),
pace 10:55 minutes per mile,
first 10k pace 9:54,
10th of 19 men aged 60-64 who finished (top 50%),
Garmin track,
google earth track.
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Tokyo Marathon 2015, February 22, 2015, time 4:52:55,
pace 11:10 minutes per mile,
results (search for bib 82190),
incomplete Garmin record,
629th of 1167 men age 60-64 (top 54%),
16750th of 26836 men (top 63%).
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Illinois Marathon #8, April 30, 2016,
time 5:09:32 (search for bib 1127),
21st of 27 men aged 60-64 who finished,
pace 11:48 minutes per mile,
first 10k pace 10:42,
Garmin track.
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Illinois Marathon #10, April 28, 2018,
time 4:43:33 (bib 610),
10th of 14 men aged 65-69 who finished,
pace 10:49 minutes per mile,
first 10k pace 10:17,
Garmin track.
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Illinois Marathon #11, April 27, 2019,
time 5:20:15 (bib 77),
8th of 10 men aged 65-69 who finished,
pace 12:13 minutes per mile,
first 10k pace 10:25,
Garmin track.
(I broke my foot October 27, 2018, at the Bygdøymila 10k, by stepping on a root, hence the lack of training for this race. Too bad!)
Marathons not done:
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Illinois Marathon #7, April 25, 2015,
incomplete -- cancelled due to thunderstorms,
my distance: 17.48 miles,
time 3:07:10 (search for bib 69),
first 10k pace 10:24,
Garmin track.
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Illinois Marathon #9, April 22, 2017,
first 10k pace 11:21,
did not finish
(search for bib 1242),
Garmin track.
I dropped out after 8 miles, because it was going to be difficult to complete it in 5 hours.
Maybe it was a good thing, in light of my heart surgery later that year.
A story:
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A March 13, 2018, story about my running and my heart surgery on November 18, 2017.
Other races done:
- a 10K in Champaign, about 1998, time 48:15
- July 4, 2003, Champaign County Freedom 5K Race, 24:22
- July 4, 2004, Champaign County Freedom 5K Race, 22:15 (pace 7:10), 2nd place among men 50-59 years old
- Belmar 5 Mile Run, July 12, 2008,
44:15,
44th of 122 men aged 55-59, in top 37%.
- Belmar 5 Mile Run, July 9, 2011, 42:19.01,
32nd of 135 men aged 55-59, in top 24%.
- November 7, 2021, Rattlesnake Master 10K,
for the benefit of Grand Prairie Friends,
1:06:40,
4th of 4 men aged 60-69,
pace 10:44 minutes per mile.
- February 19, 2022, Jackpot
Ultra Running Festival, Henderson, Nevada.
I signed up for 6 hours but only managed to do 3.
Results and
Results.
(Each lap is 2.1277 miles, in a horseshoe pattern around the pond in Cornerstone Park.)
Pace: 13:34 minutes per mile.
Garmin track.
Runs done:
- Batavia to St. Charles, 12 miles, April 2, 2006
- Ithaca Hills, April 8, 2006
- Urbana to Philo, 15 miles, April 17, 2006
- Urbana, 11 miles, May 3, 2006
- Urbana, 16.3 miles, May 8, 2006
- Urbana, 6 miles of 20 planned, May 13, 2006, slipped and broke my ankle
- Bielefeld, 8.1 miles, September 24, 2006
- Bielefeld, 8.3 miles, October 9, 2006
- Minneapolis, 5.1 miles, October 24, 2006
- Minneapolis, 7.3 miles, October 25, 2006
- Bielefeld to Werther, 12.4 miles, November 18, 2006
- Bielefeld to Brake, 13.4 miles, December 2, 2006
- Bielefeld to Enger, 14.3 miles, December 9, 2006.
- Bielefeld to Detmold, 22.3 miles, December 16, 2006. (Find Hermann!)
- Garden Grove, 13.0 miles, April 14, 2008.
- Garden Grove to Huntington Beach, 17.3 miles, April 15, 2008.
- The Windings to Batavia, 12.7 miles, April 18, 2008.
- Snowbird, Utah, July 3, 2008; most rewarding run ever
- The boardwalk, NJ, July 10, 2008.
- walking from MSRI to the Rose Garden Inn, Berkeley, California, August 7, 2009.
- hike near MSRI, Berkeley, California, January 10, 2010.
- MSRI to Botanical Garden, Berkeley, California, January 11, 2010.
- Urbana to Philo's far corner, 18.4 miles, November 15, 2010
- run with Amelia and Eduardo, Goettingen to Hannoversch-Muenden, March 2, 2011.
- run with Daouda to Verriere Forest, September 25, 2011.