Philadephia Marathon

photo by GreaterSnap

Giannis Papadopoulos 2:35:11, 10 second PR in the Philadelphia Marathon today. He is on the club team for Boston.

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New York Thriller

Younger members Mike Guarascio (ca. 1983) and Sarah Romain (ca. 1984) weren't yet born the last time an American (Alberto Salazar, a GBTC alumnus) won the New York City Marathon back in 1982, in the trough of that particular era's economic recession. But what was once old has become new again, as self-made American and Olympian Meb Keflezighi minted his own $200,000 economic recovery package, by winning the whole NYRR shebang including the simultaneous USATF Championship.

Meanwhile, GBTCers Guarascio (2:55:56), Romain (3:19:38), Allison Tables (ca. 1979, 3:39:09), Brian McNamara (ca. 1982, 2:39:16), and Matthew Biggart (ca. 1984, 2:48:54) punched their own tickets for an obscure local sporting tradition while contemplating when a future American might do similar justice to Miki Gorman's legacy along Lebow's five-borough course (her second victory was in 1977). Provisional results are now posted here. Celebrities including Ed Norton (3:48:01) were counted among the dead (who) start to walk in their masquerade.

And finally, bearing their combined funk of forty thousand years, longtime members Andy Rogovin (77th, 3:25:16) and John Blouin (12th, 3:05:43) qualified for the B.A.A. footrace at the Cape Cod and Mount Desert Island Marathons, in their own time. Results are here: CCM, MDI.

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Women Win with Weightless Ease

Sara Donahue in the 2008 Olympic Trials Marathon. Photo by GreaterSnap

Sara Donahue dressed for the rain in short black sleeves and black tights as the Nor'easter blew in off the ocean. She started slowly then flittered along like Peter Pan's shadow taking the women's lead in the last quarter of the race to win with weightless ease. She led her team to a New England Marathon Championship win and victory in the entire USATFNE Grand Prix road race series for 2009. Newly wed Tara Vance Wommack finished 7th among the women and Christy Bonstelle running her personal best placed 10th in the women's competition.

For the men's team in red, new-green card holder Tomoaki Uchiki ran like a Samurai in the rain fiercely running down the competition along the banks of the Merrimack River taking 19th in the race and second for the team. Jim Emord followed closely but the team leader for the day running personal best was Ryan Aschbrenner, his white hat a beacon to his teammates.

Going into today's race GBTC and BAA were tied for first. But the BAA team placed only seventh. The GBTC open men's team placed 4th behind first place Central Mass Striders so the score after this final 2009 USATFNE Grand Prix race adds up to a tie for first between GBTC and CMS with BAA third.

Giannis Papadopoulos took second in the half marathon in 1:11.

Full results here, and GBTC results below.

Team leader Ryan Aschbrenner in a GreaterSnap photo taken on a sunny day. Today GreaterSnap could not tolerate photographing in the rain.

Baystate Marathon, Lowell, MA, October 18, 2009

1 2:27:53 Brandon Newbould WHIRL
11 2:34:48 Ryan Aschbrenner GBTC
19 2:42:31 Tomoaki Uchiki GBTC
20 2:43:13 Robert Emord GBTC
24 2:44:20 Tim Stickney GBTC
40 2:49:27 Eric Mendoza GBTC
45 2:51:19 Sara Donahue GBTC, 1st woman
57 2:55:39 Rue Ratray (joined GBTC after he registered)
61 2:56:08 Dustin Barnes GBTC
81 3:00:46 Michael Toomey (joined GBTC after he registered)
94 3:04:48 Tara Vance Wommack GBTC
141 3:08:56 Christy Bonstelle GBTC
176 3:12:03 Bill Newsham GBTC
586 3:40:13 Norm Robbie GBTC
1148 4:13:28 Kelly Aschbrenner GBTC
1561 finishers

Lowell Sun 1/2 Marathon
2 1:11:44 Giannis Papadopoulos GBTC
42 1:28:56 Kate Klim GBTC 6th Woman
565 1:59:44 Joy Will GBTC

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Men and Women 4th teams in Boston Marathon

David Bedoya, photo by Paulina Smith

GBTC men's and Women's Open teams each placed fourth in today's Boston Marathon.
Detailed results below.

GBTC Women
Finishing place among women

48, Tara Vance, 2:57:12
93, Mary "Sloan" Palmore 3:03:35
106, Kate Klim, 3:05:32
184, Christy Bonstelle, 3:10:48
239, Kyle MacQueen, 3:13:22
251, Marian Bihrle, 3:13:50
491, Katie Fobert, 3:20:57
645, Amanda Watters, 3:23:56

Team time (top three) 4th place 9:13:32

Finishing place among men
36. David Bedoya, 2:27:13
79. Junyong Pak, 2:33:38
98. Ioannis Papadopoulos, 2:35:21
152. Ryan Aschbrenner, 2:39:14
254, Tomoaki Uchiki, 2:44:37
376. Ryan Kerrigan, 2:48:36
466. Chris Stager, 2:50:50
890. Dan Hall, 256:48
1964, Pete Warrington, 3:06:08
2069. Matthew L. Lyons, 3:06:49
4805, Alexander Sewell, 3:24:13

Team time (top three) 4th place 7:36:12

Masters
Divison places
111, Ken Ross, 3:01:52
547, Scott Bosworth, 3:13:58
1375. Norm Robbie, 3:36:02

50+
670 Tom Whitney, 3:58.41

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GBTC Fans and Dan Hall at 24 miles photos by Cynthia Hastings

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GBTC 2009 Boston Marathon Team

Members of GBTC gather for pasta loading before the 2009 Boston Marathon. Photo by GreaterSnap.

GBTC coach Tom Derderian announced the roster for the club's 2009 Boston Marathon Team. The teams will attempt to win the team prizes again. Last year's race provided great drama. The GBTC men ran ahead of the BAA by 12 seconds at 10 km, but the BAA team ran ahead by 19 seconds at the half, at 35 km the GBTC led by 1:34, then in the last miles the BAA burst ahead (or the GBTC team fell behind) for the GBTC team to finish 3rd, 2:18 behind the BAA. The women's team placed 7th last year.

The men's teams and women's team have each won in recent years. The GBTC teams are strong - the "gold standard" of three men at 2:30 and three women at 3:00 could happen.


Men's Open Team
Aschbrenner, Ryan (1156)
Bedoya, David (1037)
Hall, Dan A. (1662)
Kerrigan, Ryan (1862)
Pak, Junyong (1142)
Papadopoulos, Ioannis (1481)
Sewell, Alexander M. (8617)
Uchiki, Tomoaki (2136)
Warrington, Pete C. (2947)

Women's Open Team
Bihrle, Marian M. (8034)
Bonstelle, Christy (5105)
Fobert, Katie A. (8112)
Klim, Kate E. (6691)
MacQueen, Kyle Linn (9121)
Palmore, Mary S. (1986)
Vance, Tara M. (3210)
Watters, Amanda M. (11781)

Men's Masters Team
Bosworth, Scott H. (2369)
Robbie, Norm (12361)
Ross, Ken (2160)
Whitney, Thomas (11112)


The 2008 team results:

Open Men - 3rd - total time: 7:36:55
Bedoya, David 2:27:33
Bonner, Brennan 2:32:18
Pak, Junyong 2:37:04
Papadopoulos, Ioannis 2:47:52
Hall, Dan A. 2:51:20

Open Women - 7th - total time: 9:35:48
Vance, Tara M. 3:02:48
Coughlin, Beth Y. 3:14:34
Klim, Kate E. 3:18:26
Bihrle, Marian M. 3:18:35
Watters, Amanda M. 3:29:19
Masters Men - 35th - total time: 9:31:08
Davie, Bruce 2:49:46
Newsham, William 3:07:48
Whitney, Thomas 3:33:3

Full 2008 team results

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Meanwhile, the Roads Beckon

We're delighted to report that Jeremy Borling won the Austin Marathon today in a sublimely paced 2:30:05, while his wife Audrey (Giesler) Borling, 2007 recipient of the Bradley Award, was 6th woman in the accompanying Austin Half Marathon with her 1:25:26. On Saturday, Jon Chesto finished 3rd in 2:04:20 at the Martha's Vineyard 20 Miler. Tara Vance tied down 2nd place overall with her 22:08 at the Bradford Valentine 6K, while Andrew Wommack was 4th with his 26:33 at the accompanying 5 Miler; both had raced the night before at BU!

Update: The Austin American-Statesman chronicled Borling's win, as did RunTex and Dick Beardsley. A television interview is here, while snapshots are here: (1, 2, 3, 4, 5).

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Men 3rd at Bay State, Tie for 2nd in Grand Prix

GBTC big-guns Jim Emord (7th, 2:35:02) and Ryan Aschbrenner (11th, 2:37:56) led the men to a third place finish at today's Bay State Marathon in Lowell, MA. Also racing the double loop course with a stadium finish were Dr. Dan Hall (38th, 2:50:58), Ryan Kerrigan (46th, 2:53:39), Peter Warrington (82nd, 3:01:14), and Jane Ovanian (11th woman, 3:05:55). Jon Chesto (12th, 1:21:41) and Sara Casilli (4th woman, 1:25:58) represented the club well in the accompanying half marathon. Team results are here.

The men are now tied for second place with Whirlaway in the 2008 Grand Prix final team standings, behind only the BAA. The women finished third overall in the same series.

For detailed results click on "more".

20th Annual BayState Marathon & Lowell Sun 1/2 Marathon
Overall Marathon Results
7 2:35:01* 5:55 2:35:02 Robert Emord 27 M 114
11 2:37:53* 6:02 2:37:56 Ryan Aschbrenner 31 M 109
38 2:50:56* 6:32 2:50:58 Dan Hall 25 M 115
46 2:53:37* 6:38 2:53:39 Ryan Kerrigan 28 M 112
82 3:01:03* 6:55 3:01:14 Peter Warrington 26 M 113
116 3:05:38* 7:05 3:05:55 Jane-Marie Ovanin 25 F 111

Overall Half Marathon Results
12 1:21:41 6:14 Jon Chesto 37 M 3024
23 1:25:58 6:34 Sara Casilli 26 F 3349

The good Doctor's prognosis of the day:

"Despite what seemed like pretty lousy training on my part, Ryan K and I ran the first 20 or so together ... great even splits around 6:35 for the first ten then dropped to the mid 6:20s for about the next ten and I was around in the high 6:30s for the last 6 into a pretty strong headwind ... Certainly better than I expected."

And finally, some photos by GreaterSnap:


Jim and Ryan A., teammates racing side by side, according to their carefully laid plan.

Dan and Ryan K. dialing in the pace.

Truth in advertising.

Sara floats along to a very good 1:25 in the half.

Ryan K. swore off gloves as he and Dan pushed the pace toward 6:20s.

Jane's heterochromic gloves must be part of the secret to her dipping under 3:06.

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Pictures Aplenty from Patriots Day

From 2008 Boston M...

We're drowning in a flood of pictures from 112th Boston Marathon, many starring our club members. Photos were compiled by Kit Wells here and by Junyong Pak here. Many gems remain to be discovered among the riches amassed by Jim Rhoades from CoolRunning here, by Peter Rufo of EliteRunning here, by Alison Wade of EliteRunning here, here and here, and by Scott Kennedy here.

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Bonstelle, Davie, and Lang mint PRs in Philadelphia

Final results show a trifecta of brilliant races on November 18th at the Philadelphia Marathon. Davie's quantum leap forward of over 14 minutes after 11 years of lingering marathon-itis complimented the constant improvements of more seasoned veterans, Lang and Bonstelle. Also in attendance were John Blouin from GBTC-West, placing 24th in the accompanying half-marathon, and the unstoppable Chris Smith on his own marathon-specific dress-rehearsal.

Name Half Full O-All* Gender*
Bruce Davie 1:23:39 2:46:51 74 64
Michelle Lang 1:35:07 3:06:10 362 47
Christy Bonstelle 1:35:45 3:09:29 469 57
6910 Finishers (Results as of December 8, 2007)

Unfortunately, the final results were not fully resolved until December 8th. It appears that some serious timing errors were made by the race directors or their equipment vendors, resulting in initially incorrect or omitted finishing times.

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Marzuki describes his path to the US Olympic Trials

Marzuki Stevens discusses how training with GBTC helped to rekindle his Olympic aspirations, guiding him from the steeplechase to the marathon. He now runs on the West coast with TranSports adidas and will compete in the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Men’s Marathon on November 3rd.

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Vermont City

19th KeyBank Vermont City Marathon Results
Burlington, VT, May 27, 2007

Individual Marathon
Place Half Nettime Pace Name Age G Bib#
29 1:23:08 2:46:07 6:21 Chris Smith 33 M 3545
216 1:29:26 3:18:00 7:34 John Fialkovich 26 M 3072
397 1:43:23 3:29:19 7:59 Thomas Whitney 55 M 3412
1488 2:04:44 4:14:47 9:44 William Boykin-Morris 27 M 262
2506 finishers

Marathon Relay; Two Person Mixed Relay
Place Half Nettime Pace Team Race#
12 1:51:28 3:16:18 7:30 Wendy/ William Newsham 6259
159 finishers

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