Hakim Ghanem set a new PR at the Chicago Half Marathon this past weekend. His official result was 1:44:55, 4-minutes better than his previous best. [Full results]
Not sure which is more impressive, the new PR even though this was just a workout for Hakim as he prepares for his goal race (Chicago Marathon) in a few weeks, or the brand new hardware he received at the finish?!?!
Mark Shilling of Summit, NJ capped off his breakthrough spring season with another big PR at the London Marathon. After setting a new personal best at the NYC Half (1:18:04), Mark dropped 9-minutes off his marathon best in London. Thanks to very even pacing (out in 1:21:23) his official time was 2:43:10. [Full Results] He was 74th out of 4269 runners in the 40-44 age group.
Mark (pictured right, bib 54174) works with Run SMART coach Jay Bawcom. Congrats, guys!
Mike Prest and coach Jay Bawcom are on a roll this fall. Mike capped off a hat trick recently at the Chicago Marathon [full results]. After the race Mike talked about his recent progress…
Within the past month I PR’d in a Half Marathon, 5K and now today a Marathon. I beat my 2012 Grandma’s time by over 27 minutes and over 1 minute faster per mile.
My original plan was just to finish, so a 3:30:11 was way beyond my expectations when I started working with you.
