Congratulations Holden Choi on 1st Half Marathon!
18 finishers from the state of Texas competed at today's Chicago Distance Classic half marathon and one of them, area blogger and Houston Running reader Holden Choi, 38, of The Woodlands, finished his first half marathon in 2:39:52. Congratulations!
Choi hit the 10K mark in 1:03:47 before backing off a little bit in the last 6.9 miles.
The top Texas finisher was Houston's Robert Hahn, 23, who was 89th overall with a time of 1:23:42. Austin's Scott Birk, 42, was the second Texan finisher in 1:26:04 (116th overall) while Bayou City Road Runners' Paul Danilewicz, 41, of Cypress was the top HARRA finisher in a time of 1:30:40 (still in top 200, 195th).
The Chicago Distance Classic is one of four John Bingham Racing events. JBR employee Daniel Cheruiyot, who I met at the Indianapolis Mini Marathon expo last May with Bingham himself, won today's event in a time of 1:05:43. According to his bio on the JBR web site, he lives in Albuquerque! (Maybe he'll slow down enough this week for me to run with him.) The site also says the Cheruiyot is the only individual to win each one of the four JBR half marathons at least once.
One of the top female distance runners in the United States, 42-year-old Jenny Spangler won the women's division in a time of 1:18:02 over a minute ahead of Elmhurst, Illinois' and former Boston College runner Maria Cicero, 22, who finished in 1:19:44.
Choi hit the 10K mark in 1:03:47 before backing off a little bit in the last 6.9 miles.
The top Texas finisher was Houston's Robert Hahn, 23, who was 89th overall with a time of 1:23:42. Austin's Scott Birk, 42, was the second Texan finisher in 1:26:04 (116th overall) while Bayou City Road Runners' Paul Danilewicz, 41, of Cypress was the top HARRA finisher in a time of 1:30:40 (still in top 200, 195th).
The Chicago Distance Classic is one of four John Bingham Racing events. JBR employee Daniel Cheruiyot, who I met at the Indianapolis Mini Marathon expo last May with Bingham himself, won today's event in a time of 1:05:43. According to his bio on the JBR web site, he lives in Albuquerque! (Maybe he'll slow down enough this week for me to run with him.) The site also says the Cheruiyot is the only individual to win each one of the four JBR half marathons at least once.
One of the top female distance runners in the United States, 42-year-old Jenny Spangler won the women's division in a time of 1:18:02 over a minute ahead of Elmhurst, Illinois' and former Boston College runner Maria Cicero, 22, who finished in 1:19:44.
posted by WalkSports.com | 10:26 PM
1 Comments:
Thanks for the kind words! What an experience. The energy and anticipaction right before the start and the exhilaration at the finish was intoxicating. Unfortunately for me, I started to break down during the latter half with some pain issues but I am still happy with the finish.
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