Posts Tagged ‘Boston Marathon’
It’s not everyday you can say one of your clients improved their marathon time by 25 minutes in one race. This past weekend in the Eugene Marathon Jen Johnston reached her longtime goal by qualifying for the Boston Marathon. Not only did she reach her goal, she dropped her marathon time by 25 minutes in the process, finishing in 3:37:46 (8:19 per mile). Full results can be found here.
Big congrats to Jen and her Run SMART coach Blake Boldon for this incredible effort.
Tags: Blake Boldon, Boston Marathon, Eugene Marathon, Jen Johnston
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Due to a hip/glute injury, Tom Klimek spent most of last month and the heart of his marathon build-up away from running. Today, at the Boston Marathon, Klimek managed to run his second fastest time ever. Tom’s current PR is 3:05:21, which he ran at Steamtown last year. Today, in Boston on by far a more challenging course, Klimek finished in 3:08:00 (7:11 pace).
Tom works with Run SMART coach Vince Sherry.
Tags: Boston Marathon, Tom Klimek, Vince Sherry
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Run SMART client Erin Strout set a new marathon PR in her first experience at the Boston Marathon today, beating her previous best by 3 minutes. Erin’s official time was 3:27:40 (7:56 pace). She missed last year’s race due to injury and has been climbing back ever since. It looks like she’s back and getting faster already!
Erin works with Run SMART coach Mike Smith.
Tags: Boston Marathon, Erin Strout, Mike Smith
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Run SMART client Cathrine Wolden broke 3 hours for the first time in her bright new marathon career. Coming into the Boston Marathon this year Cathrine had run 3:13:07. Today, she finished in 2:59:31 (6:51 pace)! It was incredible to watch Cathrine’s progress throughout the race. She started around 7 minute pace early and then slowly worked her way down from there throughout the race. She was 1:30:48 at the half so she negative split a very challenging second half course in Boston.
Congrats to Cathrine and her coach Alicia Shay for a brilliantly executed race plan and performance!
Tags: Alicia Shay, Boston Marathon, Cathrine Wolden
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Former St. Joe’s Hawk, Collin Martin, records first 2010 Boston Marathon PR for The Run SMART Project. Martin finished in 2:48:02, a new personal best by 7 minutes and 15 seconds! Collin’s goal was to break 2:50 so it was a great day today in Boston.
Collin works and trains with Run SMART coach Brian Rosetti.
Tags: Boston Marathon, Brian Rosetti, Collin Martin
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We got into the private coaching business with the goal of helping runners of all abilities reach their personal running goals, whether it’s running injury-free, finishing a half-marathon or qualifying for the Boston Marathon, etc. As our business grew we expanded to working with some competitive and local elite runners. But never did we expect to EVER make an announcement one day that a Run SMART client has set a world record. Today, we’re proud to announce that Terry Ballou was part of a world record setting 4×800 relay team at the U.S. Masters Indoor Track & Field Championships. (more…)
Tags: Boston Marathon, Dan Wilson, Terry Ballou
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We’re pleased to announce at the 2010 NYC Half Marathon in Manhattan, from Central Park to Battery Park, two Run SMART clients achieved new personal bests.
Cathrine Wolden finished 44th female overall in a very competitive field. Her time of 1:25:32 (6:32 per mile) was a 45 second PR. Cathrine works with Run SMART coach Alicia Shay. And Collin Martin, former Saint Joseph’s University track standout, also set a new PR finishing in 1:16:52 (5:52 per mile).
Both Cathrine and Collin are currently training for the Boston Marathon.
Tags: Alicia Shay, Boston Marathon, Cathrine Wolden, Colin Martin
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Run SMART Project client John Robinson of Savannah, GA continued his impressive racing with PR’s in the 10k and 1/2 marathon over the last two weekends. This makes three PR’s out of three races for Robinson in 2010. Robinson has been working with Run SMART coach Mike Smith for 11 months.
On February 27th Robinson blasted 40:35 for first in his age group and 10th overall at the Seacrest Partners Race for Preservation 10k in Savannah, GA, beating his previous PR by 3 minutes. “I knew John was ready for 10k faster than he had ever run before, but I have to say I was surprised at how fast it was. We had taken a few weeks very easy and were just beginning a long marathon phase and had planned on using this as a good workout. The situation was a great one, he executed perfectly, and showed that he is able to race off of the year we’ve invested in proper training.” said Smith.
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Tags: Boston Marathon, John Robinson, Mike Smith, San Diego Rock N Roll Marathon
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James Freed of Emmaus, PA finished 8th overall at the Hilton Head Half Marathon this past weekend setting a new PR by 3 minutes. James’ overall time was 1:26:48. Considering he took a 1-2 minute accidental detour due to the misdirection of a few volunteers on the course, we’re confident he’s on his way to reaching his goal of sub-3 hours at the Boston Marathon in late April. Keep training hard James!
James works with Run SMART coach Dr. Jack Daniels.
Tags: Boston Marathon, Dr. Jack Daniels, James Freed
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