Greater Boston in New York

In the Olympic Trials marathon on Saturday November 3, former GBTC member Marzuki Stevens finished a creditable 70th place out of 134 starters and 101 finishers, recording a time of 2:25:18. It is notable that fewer than half the finishers completed the hilly course in a time less than the 2:22 required to qualify for the race, which says something about the difficulty of the conditions and perhaps also the tendency to run more aggressively in a trials race.

GBTC was well represented in the New York marathon on the Sunday. Provisional results are below; we await stories and team scores. Apparently the second half was challenging for everyone.

Runner        Half         Finish
 
KIT WELLS      1:14:07      2:33:36
DAVID BEDOYA   1:12:07      2:33:54
NATE FREESE    1:14:45      2:36:04
BRENNAN BONNER 1:19:26      2:46:27
MATTHEW HOELLE 1:19:27      2:46:50