Link to marathon finish video & photos below

http://www2.brightroom.com/97862/703#

Finally, A Marathon I'm Proud Of

ILLNOIS HALF MARATHON today

Justin Thorlton #10965

Bismarck, IL

Age: 33 Gender: M

Distance	HALF MARATHON
Clock Time	1:35:30
Chip Time	1:35:24
Overall Place	240 / 10034
Gender Place	216 / 4434
Division Place	40 / 594
10K	43:33
Pace	7:17

Mountain Goat 15K Today

Three 5K out and backs...i think the hills grew on each one.
Fourteenth place overall!

Siberian Express Trail Run

SIBERIAN EXPRESS TRAIL RUN
Date: 1/8/2011 11:00 AM
Distance: 7.45 miles
Duration: 55:39
Pace: 7:29 / mile
Shoe: Brooks Adrenaline GTS 10/screwed (Red)

Field Placement: 32 / 416 (7.7%)
Gender Placement: 31 / 267 (11.6%)

Notes:

• good race. one second over my wilderness time this fall.
• rolled ankle on a downhill on the final mile, but pushed the pace. (still hurts today)
• ran warmup with rey. (he placed fourth)

Mile Splits
1 Mi 7:09
2 Mi 7:06 14:15
3 Mi 7:02 21:17
4 Mi 7:03 28:20
5 Mi 8:25 36:45
6 Mi 7:38 44:23
7 Mi 7:56 52:19
.45 Mi 3:20 55:39

Another Year With Brooks!

Great Day inTerre Haute

2010 Men's PreNats White Race 8k

2010 Brook's ISU Pre-Nationals (Video)

Went to the Brooks ISU Pre-Nationals yesterday and worked the Brooks booth. Click link above. Pretty fun. Met lots of people and saw an awesome array of xc runners from across the country.
Met winner of the race above Sam Chelanga. Really nice guy. Even had a photo op, but photographer had technical difficulties.

Chicago Family Fun

Race Report (Chicago 2010)

STATS.

Chicago Marathon...Check.

Dear Justin Thorlton,

Congratulations from Bank of America for finishing the 2010 Bank of America Chicago Marathon!

Your recorded finish time was 3:50:24 and you placed 6,137th out of 36,159 finishers.

The recorded finish time will be the gun time for Elite and Elite Development Program participants, and net time for all other participants.

This year’s top finishers were:

Top 5 Male Finishers
1. Sammy Wanjiru, KEN, 2:06:24
2. Tsegaye Kebede, ETH, 2:06:43
3. Feyisa Lilesa, ETH, 2:08:10
4. Wesley Korir, KEN, 2:08:44
5. Vincent Kipruto, KEN, 2:09:08

Top 5 Female Finishers
1. Liliya Shobukhova, RUS, 2:20:25
2. Astede Baysa, ETH, 2:23:40
3. Maria Konovalova, RUS, 2:23:50
4. Desiree Davila, USA, 2:26:20
5. Irina Mikitenko, GER, 2:26:40

Top Male Wheelchair Finisher
1. Heinz Frei, SUI, 1:26:56

*Course RecordTop Female Wheelchair Finisher
1. Amanda McGrory, USA, 1:47:25

Thank you for participating in the 33rd running of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon.
We hope you will continue to be a part of this world-class event.

Sincerely,

Bank of America and the Bank of America Chicago Marathon Staff
Visit chicagomarathon.com for searchable race results, race weekend photos and more!

Chicago Marathon (weekend itinerary+)

Track My Race Progress Through Text Messaging (My Bib Number is 6030)

My Marathon Goals:

1. 3:30 this is what i've been training for

2. 3:35 i'm happy

3. 3:40 still a PR

Another First ! (age group)

http://www.kennekuk.com/results/2010/2010_Wilderness_OA.pdf

5K Today / 1st Place Overall !

Kimberly Tauer 5K in Bismarck, IL

Time 20:08 (PR)

Place: 1st (overall)

don't know where all the competition was but it was cool to run with the golf cart for once rather than midpack with the rest of the 20 minute folks.

Chicago Plan (geeked out II)

My Chicago Plan (geeked out!)

Picked A Plan

I'm done moping and I picked a plan for the Chicago Marathon. In three weeks, I'll gear up again to do 18 weeks of training to try and hit that elusive 3:30 mark for my 26.2 miles. The book Advanced Marathoning by Pete Pfitzinger and Scott Douglas houses the plan. The plan tops out at 55 miles per week and gives me 2 days of rest. Should be fun. I used the Jack Daniels "A" Plan for my previous two marathons and was ready for a change. Thanks to Kevin Stroud for the training advice and help in choosing a plan that would work for me.

My Horrible Marathon (3rd time's a dud)

Illinois Marathon / May 1, 2010

Bottom Line: 4:12:25 Finish / 3:30:59 Goal Time / 42 minutes off pace!




why i smashed into the wall @ M15 & looked like a defunct Galloway recruit:

i was sick with a cold / my sweat melted my second round of ibuprofen
i went out too fast with the pacer 7:50P / rather than the prescribed 8:01P
i talked too much with brandon (buddy who paced me first half & just finished boston)
it was really humid
not enough food morning of?
tried new GU day of (double caffeine)
training plan was off?

Next up...Chicago 2010

1 week off
4 weeks easy
18 weeks with Jack Daniels (maybe)

Kate's Finish

My wife finished her first marathon in 5:09!