Random Running News and Notes
6 FOR 6: Marathonguide.com reported over the weekend that Jackson, Mississippi's Chuck Engle won his sixth marathon of the year, the Valentine Marathon in Olympia, Washington with a 21-minute win over his closest competitor. Engle posted his second fastest time of 2006 breaking the tape in 2:37:39.
In his Marathon Maniacs scorecard, Engle reports that five of his six (6) wins represented new course records. He reports 53 career marathons in 28 states, including 26 of those in one year. His interview for the "Marathon Maniacs", for which I qualify to join for running marathons on back to back weekends, can be found here.
Engle plans on running the Pensacola Marathon this weekend and Cowtown Marathon in Fort Worth next weekend. Last year's winner at Cowtown, Andres Hernandez, ran the course in 2:47:16. However, the course record was set in 2000 when Santos Ortega posted a 2:17:35.
MOST ALL-TIME MARATHON VICTORIES?: 40 by Michigan's Doug Kurtis. His last win came in 2002 at the Whidbey Island Marathon near Seattle. At the age of 50, Kurtis won in a time of 2:44:35 more than 18 minutes over his closest competitor.
The 2003 and 2004 winner as well as the 2005 runner-up? None other than the individual who may break his record, Chuck Engle.
NO AMERICANS?: According to Association of Road Racing Statisticians, of the 100 top men's marathon times so far this year, not one is held by an American.
Americans hold just seven (7) of all sub-2:50 marathons run by women so far this year. They are as follows:
40. 2:41:31 a (7th) Susan Loken (AZ/USA), 28 Jul 1963, 15 Jan 2006 Tempe AZ USA
59. 2:45:34 (7th) Patty Rogers (CO/USA), 1974, 15 Jan 2006 Houston TX USA
66. 2:46:49 (8th) Jacklyn Rzepecki (MI/USA), 1978, 15 Jan 2006 Houston TX USA
71. 2:47:47 (9th) Trisha Cukbertson (KS/USA), 1982, 15 Jan 2006 Houston TX USA
74. 2:48:14 a (8th) Katherine Blackett (CO/USA), 26 May 1977, 15 Jan 2006 Tempe AZ USA
75. 2:48:27 a (9th) Betheny Lewis (IA/USA), 1978, 15 Jan 2006 Tempe AZ USA
77. 2:49:14 a (1st) Mary Akor (CA/USA), 25 Sep 1976, 29 Jan 2006 Port of Spain TRI
AMERICA'S FASTEST ELDERS: Most hardcore running enthusiasts are aware of Ed Whitlock's three (3) 70-and-over sub-three hour marathons - one in each of the last three years. Canada's Whitlock turns 76 next month, March 6. The American record for a 70-and-over marathon? It belongs to McMinnville, Oregon's John Keston, who ran a 3:00:58 at the age of 71 on October 6, 1996 at the Twin Cities Marathon in St. Paul, Minnesota.
An American, 72-year-old Ginette Bedard, a member of the New York Road Runners Club, now holds the world record for the fastest 70-and-over marathon after her 3:46:34 finish at this past November's ING New York City Marathon. In 2004, Bedard set the world age group record of 3:57:11 only to have Japan's Miyo Ishigami, 70, break it in March of 2005 with a 3:56:10 performance at a marathon in Arakawa, Japan.
As far as Keston is concerned, he's still running strong. According to the Oregonian (8/29/2005), last August at the World Masters Games in San Sebastian, Spain, Keston won the men's 80-85 age group in three events: the 8K cross country race in 40:53, the 5K in 22:39.97 and the 10K in 47:42.27.
Three months before, Keston, 80, set an age-group world record by clocking a mile in 6:48.3 (http://www.xro.com/keston/).
This past December, both Keston and Bedard were named USA Track and Field "Outstanding Athletes of the Year" in their respective age groups.
In his Marathon Maniacs scorecard, Engle reports that five of his six (6) wins represented new course records. He reports 53 career marathons in 28 states, including 26 of those in one year. His interview for the "Marathon Maniacs", for which I qualify to join for running marathons on back to back weekends, can be found here.
Engle plans on running the Pensacola Marathon this weekend and Cowtown Marathon in Fort Worth next weekend. Last year's winner at Cowtown, Andres Hernandez, ran the course in 2:47:16. However, the course record was set in 2000 when Santos Ortega posted a 2:17:35.
MOST ALL-TIME MARATHON VICTORIES?: 40 by Michigan's Doug Kurtis. His last win came in 2002 at the Whidbey Island Marathon near Seattle. At the age of 50, Kurtis won in a time of 2:44:35 more than 18 minutes over his closest competitor.
The 2003 and 2004 winner as well as the 2005 runner-up? None other than the individual who may break his record, Chuck Engle.
NO AMERICANS?: According to Association of Road Racing Statisticians, of the 100 top men's marathon times so far this year, not one is held by an American.
Americans hold just seven (7) of all sub-2:50 marathons run by women so far this year. They are as follows:
40. 2:41:31 a (7th) Susan Loken (AZ/USA), 28 Jul 1963, 15 Jan 2006 Tempe AZ USA
59. 2:45:34 (7th) Patty Rogers (CO/USA), 1974, 15 Jan 2006 Houston TX USA
66. 2:46:49 (8th) Jacklyn Rzepecki (MI/USA), 1978, 15 Jan 2006 Houston TX USA
71. 2:47:47 (9th) Trisha Cukbertson (KS/USA), 1982, 15 Jan 2006 Houston TX USA
74. 2:48:14 a (8th) Katherine Blackett (CO/USA), 26 May 1977, 15 Jan 2006 Tempe AZ USA
75. 2:48:27 a (9th) Betheny Lewis (IA/USA), 1978, 15 Jan 2006 Tempe AZ USA
77. 2:49:14 a (1st) Mary Akor (CA/USA), 25 Sep 1976, 29 Jan 2006 Port of Spain TRI
AMERICA'S FASTEST ELDERS: Most hardcore running enthusiasts are aware of Ed Whitlock's three (3) 70-and-over sub-three hour marathons - one in each of the last three years. Canada's Whitlock turns 76 next month, March 6. The American record for a 70-and-over marathon? It belongs to McMinnville, Oregon's John Keston, who ran a 3:00:58 at the age of 71 on October 6, 1996 at the Twin Cities Marathon in St. Paul, Minnesota.
An American, 72-year-old Ginette Bedard, a member of the New York Road Runners Club, now holds the world record for the fastest 70-and-over marathon after her 3:46:34 finish at this past November's ING New York City Marathon. In 2004, Bedard set the world age group record of 3:57:11 only to have Japan's Miyo Ishigami, 70, break it in March of 2005 with a 3:56:10 performance at a marathon in Arakawa, Japan.
As far as Keston is concerned, he's still running strong. According to the Oregonian (8/29/2005), last August at the World Masters Games in San Sebastian, Spain, Keston won the men's 80-85 age group in three events: the 8K cross country race in 40:53, the 5K in 22:39.97 and the 10K in 47:42.27.
Three months before, Keston, 80, set an age-group world record by clocking a mile in 6:48.3 (http://www.xro.com/keston/).
This past December, both Keston and Bedard were named USA Track and Field "Outstanding Athletes of the Year" in their respective age groups.
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