Runner Susan and I had a wonderful day together today. Well I did completely and Susan did for all but five miles. At Mile 21 some wheels got loose on her. Otherwise we stuck together. We worked well at staying ahead of the 4:45 pace throughout those miles. At 21, coming into Manhattan from the Bronx, Susan said go for it and leave her to suffer.
I did, on her second request, leave her behind and found plenty of gas in my tank to power through the Central Park hills and finish with a new PR, 4:46:39 unofficially. That bested the old time by about 3-1/2 minutes.
I felt best about running the entire race and not walking; and surprised myself by my ending strength and speed.
There's a lot more to recount but I am done for the day and turning in.
Night all.
My name is David (Dylan to some). I am a runner.
Record Book
200m - 0:45.14, April 2007
400m - 1:35.58, June 2008
800m - 3:34.62, July 2007
1200m - 5:33.2, September 2005
1600m - 7:35.7, January 2007
1 mile - 7:24.0, August 2005
5K - 23:26.1, August 2005 I-Drive/U-Run, Orlando
10K - 49:46.5, November 2005 Founders Day, Orlando
12K - 1:07:20, February 2005 Outback Classic, Orlando
15K - 1:22:23, September 2008, Miracle Miles, Orlando
20K - 1:46:09, Labor Day 2005, New Haven
Half - 1:50:24, December 2005, OUC, Orlando
Marathon - 4:46:44, November 2007, New York
400m - 1:35.58, June 2008
800m - 3:34.62, July 2007
1200m - 5:33.2, September 2005
1600m - 7:35.7, January 2007
1 mile - 7:24.0, August 2005
5K - 23:26.1, August 2005 I-Drive/U-Run, Orlando
10K - 49:46.5, November 2005 Founders Day, Orlando
12K - 1:07:20, February 2005 Outback Classic, Orlando
15K - 1:22:23, September 2008, Miracle Miles, Orlando
20K - 1:46:09, Labor Day 2005, New Haven
Half - 1:50:24, December 2005, OUC, Orlando
Marathon - 4:46:44, November 2007, New York
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- A lot of ifs but ....
- 24 miles since the Trot
- Thankscooking
- Spirit Week starts early
- Maddy tagged me
- Afraid
- When's a 10K not a 10K?
- More free racing!
- Short order run
- Taking care of business
- Are you kidding me???
- ING NYC Marathon, By the Numbers
- Warning
- Ryan Shay
- Living Lucky
- ING NYC Marathon - 5th Ave, Central Park to Finish
- ING NYC Marathon - Manhattan
- ING NYC Marathon - Brooklyn & Queens
- ING NYC Marathon - Pre-Race
- Back in the Sunshine
- 4:46:39 Unofficially
- US Olympic Qualifying a blast!
- Euros wipe out Expo
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16 comments:
Congrats on the PR! Fantastic!
WooooHoooooo!
Congratulations on your new PR! I can't wait for the detailed race report!
Thanks for signing me up to track you. It was an exciting day to get the updates (NYC did a much better job than MCM of getting the updates out in a timely manner)!
Well done David!
Yay David! You very nearly had a negative split on the halves. Stunning. :)
Great job David!
Congratulations! Great race!
congrats on a new PR!
i got to start area fairly late this morning, and didn't really walk around much.
i'll keep an eye out for your race report.
Way to go! Sorry we missed you in Central Park.
D & Runner Susan on 1st Ave.
YAY David!! I was so excited for you when I saw your unoficial time on athlete tracker! Good for you. Can't wait to read the details.
YES!!! fantastic david, great great job!
Woo, that's awesome! Congratulations!!! Can't wait to read the race report :)
That's my boy:)
AND you got to meet Susan. What a treat:)
Ok, now the details.
Must have been an awesome expereince to come into Manhattan like and crank it up a bit.
Super job to PR in a World-Class event!!! Look forward to the details after you sleep and get back south!
Congrats on the PR! It's very cool that you and Runner Susan got to go so far together. Good thing you left her on her request. I know when I used to run with my friend Celeste I didn't want to wait for her to tell me three times to go on. It would have gotten real ugly.
I'm really glad the Oly Trials the day before didn't seem to hurt you too badly. Have a safe trip back home.
Congrats on the PR! Esp. on such a crowded course.
Congratulations, David! Inspired running
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