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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