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| The course looks beautiful and majestic from the plane. |
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| Course feels extremely challenging with 15% grade mountain trails to contend with. |
Monday, March 31, 2014
Himalayan Rush Triathlon - Olympic
Finish Strong Coaching's Jerry Parker was one of the few competitors who actually completed the outrageously steep Himalayan Rush Triathlon Olympic distance held in Pokhara, Nepal on March 28th. Jerry reports, "Unbelievably hard
race! Climb of 15% grade x 800m x 4 loops on the nastiest ground you can
imagine. I crashed on loop 1 and my front deraileur got stuck on the big chain ring
so I had to walk the bike up the hill 4 times. The run was 3 miles straight uphill
with probably 1000 ft of elevation change. Then straight back down. Honestly, I
had to use all the tricks in my book to finish but I finished amazingly strong,
no broken bones but a broken bike shifter I think. Absolutely amazing
race."
Monday, March 17, 2014
Seabrook Marathon Weekend
Finish Strong Coaching's Ronnie Delzer had an incredible weekend racing Seabrook half marathon on Saturday and Seabrook full marathon on Sunday. Ronnie came in 3rd overall for the half marathon posting a time of 1:22:45 (6:19/mi pace) and 2nd overall in the marathon in 3:00:29 (6:53/mi pace). Way to go, Ronnie! Any pics?
Seabrook Half Marathon Result
Seabrook Half Marathon Result
| 3 | Delzer,Ronnie | 157 | 40:21 | 42:23 | 1:22:45.7 | 1:22:45.7 | 6:19 | 3 | 3 |
Seabrook Full Marathon Result
| 2 | Delzer,Ronnie | 157 | 42:32 | 44:56 | 44:26 | 48:33 | 3:00:30.0 | 3:00:29.1 | 6:53 | 2 | 2 |
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LA Marathon
On Sunday, March 9 Finish Strong's Aki Laine completed the LA Marathon in 4:01:56 setting a personal record. The marathon began at Dodgers
Stadium and continued to beautiful Santa Monica with over 20 000 runners. Aki reports, "The rolling
hills and the heat towards the end of the race made the run very tough. I was able
to keep a decent pace came very close to my goal with 4:01:56 which is new personal
record. Great experience in overall!"
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| Great marathon race finish by Finish Strong's Aki Laine! |
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Ironman New Zealand
Finish Strong Coaching's Susan Hardwick-Smith had an amazing day at Ironman New Zealand.
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| Susan Hardwick-Smith at IM NZ! |
Susan reports, "Hey my super IM follower friends! What an amazing day.
Swim was fantastic and totally clear, can avoid getting hit/kicked because you
can see the feet and hands and easy to draft because you can see who to get
next to. It was beautiful and as soon as I got in the water I felt totally
calm. The time went really fast and I couldn't believe it was already over when
I got to the last bouy. Transition was REALLY far.. 400m run then up two big
flights of stairs, took at least 5 mins to get there since path was really
crowded.
Weather was absolutely perfect, wind was way less than it
had been, only 5 mph at the start but picked up quite a bit by the afternoon.
Cold at start about 45 but got up to high 60s and sunny, 50 prevent humidity it
felt like San Diego weather.
Bike was just SLOW.. I took everything off my computer
except cadence and power and had no idea of my time until I got off the bike,
but honestly I was surprised it wasn't longer. The main issue was the chip seal
which was the whole course, it was so
bumpy the bike rattled constantly and my CO2 cartridges fell off at mile 10 and
bits of people's bikes and gear were all over the place. Thank god I didn't get
a flat. The power it takes to ride on that stuff is just much higher than
smooth road, but I followed the rules and my average power was the upper end of
exactly what it should have been.
Going out there was a long downhill section but really
hard to fly down without drafting and with so much bike traffic and crazy
passing, no one calls out when they are passing (except Americans) and it was
really scary.
Every time I wanted to pass I felt like someone was on my
right (passing side). Then after a long flat section it turns back on the same
road, and after the turn around there was a 5 mph headwind which doesn't sound
much but with chip seal and being largely uphill it added just one more thing
to slow you down. Close to the end of the loop is a 6 mile uphill segment (same
hill we flew down going out) that I think I could have jogged up faster than I
rode! On the second loop that hill was at mile 102-108 and wind was up to
8-10 mph, I just wanted to cry. Also I had excruciating
pain in my right buttock after mile 80 every time I pushed down and ended up
riding miles 80-112 basically with my left leg. I thought it would
prevent me from running but as soon as I got off the bike the pain went away
and I was so thrilled to be off the bike I ran really well and passed about
half of the guys who smoked me on the bike. Most of the athletes underestimated that bike ride and I think 90
percent were walking on the last loop. Thank God I had a power meter, you
really would be fooled without one in these conditions. But I did not walk at
all, I ran every step except in aid stations and felt great until about mile 23
when I just found every bit of mental strength
I could muster to not slow down and ran in really strong.
Swim and run were better than AZ but obviously the bike
cost me 40 mins. The kiwis didn't think it was that bad I guess they train on
it all the time. I just did zero
training for that kind of road, and the course felt pretty manageable on the
computrainer! That's my story and I am sticking to it ! So many cool
things happened as usual, amazing memories that I will eventually write down.
I feel great, not a PR but I executed the plan and know
it was my absolute best given what was thrown at me. Crossed the finish line and started bawling, could not
pull myself together for about 5 mins. This lovely 70 year old lady volunteer
held my hand and hugged me until I could gather myself. Amazing volunteers as
usual. Thanks for all the love and support, you are all amazing
friends and I love you!"
Monday, March 3, 2014
ConocoPhillips Rodeo Run 5K
Finish Strong Coaches Kim and Richard Mac Namee ran the
ConocoPhillips Rodeo Run 5k on Saturday, March 1. They placed 1st
Overall Female and 1st Overall Male. We are looking forward to seeing their special combined Male / Female picture, wearing Stetson hats, for winning as a husband/wife duo. Richard reports his unofficial time as 19:12 (6:06min/mile) and Kim's 19:26 (6:15min/mile).
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| Kim & Richard Mac Namee win 5K ConocoPhillips Rodeo Run! |
Sunday, March 2, 2014
The Woodlamds Marathon and Half Marathon
Heat and humidity did not keep 70 Finish Strong Coaching athletes from running The Woodlands Marathon and Half Marathon on Saturday, March 1.
Representing the team in the elite race in the half marathon were:
We also had two team members compete in the relay teams. Sara Jones and Chris Weir.
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| Representing FSC in the elite half marathon race! |
Runner's Name
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Chip Time
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Division Award
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Ronnie Delzer
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1:21:00
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3rd Male 30 to 34
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Brandon Sager
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1:23:33
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Skip Moschell
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1:29:51
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3rd Male 55 to 59
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Pam Meaux
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1:39:40
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3rd Female Masters Winners
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| Travys, Felix, Ute, and Stephen with their post-race medals! |
For the Half Marathon -
13.1 - The Woodlands age groupers, we had 56 runners.
Female Finishers: 2252
Male Finishers: 1702
Total Finishers: 3954
Female Finishers: 2252
Male Finishers: 1702
Total Finishers: 3954
Runner's Name
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Chip Time
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Division Award
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Leandro Morales
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1:28:42
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3rd Male 40 to 44
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William Glaser
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1:30:13
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1st Male 45 to 49
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Rip Reynolds
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1:30:28
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3rd Male 45 to 49
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Geoffrey Zubay
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1:33:21
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5th Male 45 to 49
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Rodney Mackay
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1:33:33
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6th Male 45 to 49
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Michael Menster
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1:33:54
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6th Male 40 to 44
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W Dale Claudel
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1:33:57
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7th Male 40 to 44
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Ed York
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1:35:46
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Ute Hagemann
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1:36:59
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3rd Female 35 to 39
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Felix Hagemann
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1:38:20
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Tim Vibrock
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1:42:24
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Ron Mccauley
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1:43:52
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Stephen Barrass
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1:45:11
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Travys Townson
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1:46:02
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Geno Zicarelli
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1:46:20
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Christine Hobeika
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1:46:21
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Bret Strong
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1:46:45
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Kari Gilley
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1:47:01
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Jorge Gonzalez Mata
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1:50:01
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Paul Allan
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1:51:05
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Timothy Monk
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1:52:10
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Steve Hardy
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1:52:17
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Aren Caley
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1:53:26
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Charlie Schuber
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1:53:50
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Michelle Howard
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1:54:08
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Ed Kennedy
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1:56:05
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Stephen Clouthier
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1:56:29
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William Blackbird
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1:57:44
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Scott Farrand
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1:58:25
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Nora Wilson
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1:58:30
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3rd Female 55 to 59
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Sharon Morin
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2:01:03
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Quinci Morales
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2:01:28
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Deb Lyons
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2:03:44
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Margo Lyons
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2:03:46
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Kenneth Page
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2:04:18
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Carolyn Barron
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2:04:26
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Debbie Martin
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2:05:17
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Katerina Savelieva
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2:05:54
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John Mcgowan
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2:07:18
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Sara Binau
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2:11:13
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Irasema De Aquino
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2:13:06
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Shirley Santangelo
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2:13:36
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Bill Mack
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2:14:03
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Dan Kennedy
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2:14:50
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Michelle Irving
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2:15:15
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Sarah Pietraszek-Mattner
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2:15:24
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Edwin “Jed” Beck
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2:16:31
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Katherine Powell
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2:17:53
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Gloria Shrewsbury
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2:18:35
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Sara Vanderford
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2:18:52
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Ernesto Valenzuela
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2:24:46
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Denise Shannon
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2:26:00
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Lindsay Erck
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2:27:18
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Manuel Abascal
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2:37:44
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Kathleen Crea
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2:40:33
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Janet Luna
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2:42:56
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Pia Grossmann
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3:05:37
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In The Woodlands Marathon - 26.2 mile age group race, we had 10 participants.
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| Dutch Thomson gave fabulous post-race stretches to our athletes! |
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| Gloria, Sara, Ileana posing with FSC signage! |
Female Finishers: 560
Male Finishers: 765
Total Finishers: 1325
Total Finishers: 1325
Runner's Name
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Chip Time
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Division Award
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Kevin Baker
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3:17:09
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5th in AG
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Kevin Schneider
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3:44:54
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Jim Harrington
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4:05:09
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Joseph Tokarz
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4:17:47
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Adnan Afzal
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4:31:11
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Mark Hawley
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4:32:59
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Hugo Perez
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4:37:48
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Aisha Hassan
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4:43:28
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first marathon!
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Jorge Gonzalez Mata
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5:15:25
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Rebecca Schany
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5:24:37
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We also had two team members compete in the relay teams. Sara Jones and Chris Weir.
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Team Grant's
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54:43.7
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1:05:33.4
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39:48.4
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3:42:20.4
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3:43:23.1
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Sara Jones team (Team Grant's Gang) came in 2nd in the 4 person
relay. This was the 3rd annual “husbands vs wives 4 person
marathon relay. Her “ Team Grant’s Gang” beat the husbands ( Team
Run for our Sons) by over 6 minutes. Series is Wives 2, Husbands 1.
Revenge! next year says Alan Jones, who was sidelined by an injury this
year. Chris Weir also ran on a relay team.
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| Big thumbs up from Hugo Perez with Coach Dana, & Ernesto. |
More pictures to follow!
Finish Strong Coaching was also proud to be the sponsor for the Finish Strong Finish Line Party. Coach Dana was also the 5K Race Director. Hope everyone enjoyed the wonderful stretching provided at our tent post-race.
For more details on race results go to,
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