April 2016 Running Challenge

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  • Ron_Dco
    Ron_Dco Posts: 51 Member
    Tracking might be truly estimated distance. Else they need to put GPS chip on everyone like James Bond stuff :)
  • karllundy
    karllundy Posts: 1,490 Member
    Women's race is crazy...22 miles in, someone makes up 37 seconds to take the lead! She's now ~25m ahead!
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    Ron_Dco wrote: »
    Tracking might be truly estimated distance. Else they need to put GPS chip on everyone like James Bond stuff :)

    Guessing it's based on the 5k splits they have going....maybe a chip reader every 5k and then estimates in between?
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    Stoshew71 wrote: »
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    Stoshew71 wrote: »
    @MobyCarp 22:36 after first 5K projected Finish 3;10:42
    @Zekela 23:11 after 1st 5K projected finish 3:15:35

    @stoshew71 what is Zekela's bib number. I'm tracking Dink too :smile:

    Zekela: 11758 Amanda Murdaugh: 21330 Andrew Hodges: 1086 Martin Schneekloth: 5398 Dink Taylor: 7441 and Tim Vinson 971

    First 2 are from MFP and last 4 are locals near Huntsville area.

    @stoshew71 thanks I had Dink and Martin, but not Tim from here.
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    karllundy wrote: »
    Women's race is crazy...22 miles in, someone makes up 37 seconds to take the lead! She's now ~25m ahead!
    No kidding! And she blew well on through to the finish!
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    edited April 2016
    @MobyCarp was 1:36:16 at the half
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    WhatMeRunning wrote: »
    karllundy wrote: »
    Women's race is crazy...22 miles in, someone makes up 37 seconds to take the lead! She's now ~25m ahead!
    No kidding! And she blew well on through to the finish!

    Nothing like being the one "no body" was watching to win! You go girl!
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    @MobyCarp was 1:36:16 at the half

    That's blazin' fast. Hope he's saving some for the last 0.2 miles!
  • karllundy
    karllundy Posts: 1,490 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    @MobyCarp was 1:36:16 at the half

    That's blazin' fast. Hope he's saving some for the last 0.2 miles!

    No doubt! I wish I could get an HM in that time, let alone a split.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    karllundy wrote: »
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    @MobyCarp was 1:36:16 at the half

    That's blazin' fast. Hope he's saving some for the last 0.2 miles!

    No doubt! I wish I could get an HM in that time, let alone a split.

    With ya on that one
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    karllundy wrote: »
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    @MobyCarp was 1:36:16 at the half

    That's blazin' fast. Hope he's saving some for the last 0.2 miles!

    No doubt! I wish I could get an HM in that time, let alone a split.

    Ya, and likely a negative split! :astonished:
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    ha ha I'm sitting here watching the awards and thinking how excited I get when I finish top 3 in my AG in a race with 300 people, I can't even begin to imagine how they feel. Wow just wow!
  • DarkSable
    DarkSable Posts: 36 Member
    Real newbie runner (and exercise hater!) here, so I would like to aim for 15km for the rest of April.

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  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    Thanks for the share @Stoshew71
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    edited April 2016
    @elise4270 and @karllundy thanks, adopting Skip was the smartest move I have ever made :smiley:

    What time was MobyCarp hoping for? I don't remember.
  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    Looking at the stats of the 2015 Boston, The winners run fulls a half hour faster than my goal for a half. Awesome

    The first time I ran a HM faster than an elite man can run a full marathon, it was a big deal, lol!

    Stoshew71 wrote: »
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    Stoshew71 wrote: »
    @MobyCarp 22:36 after first 5K projected Finish 3;10:42
    @Zekela 23:11 after 1st 5K projected finish 3:15:35

    @stoshew71 what is Zekela's bib number. I'm tracking Dink too :smile:

    Zekela: 11758 Amanda Murdaugh: 21330 Andrew Hodges: 1086 Martin Schneekloth: 5398 Dink Taylor: 7441 and Tim Vinson 971

    First 2 are from MFP and last 4 are locals near Huntsville area.

    Holy crap, someone local to you has a sub-1000 bib?!!? He's gotta be smokin' fast!

    karllundy wrote: »
    Women's race is crazy...22 miles in, someone makes up 37 seconds to take the lead! She's now ~25m ahead!

    The women's finish was so exciting! That underdog win was amaaaaaazing!


  • Rabid_Hamster
    Rabid_Hamster Posts: 338 Member
    Update

    4/1 - 3 miles
    4/2 - 5m
    4/4 - 3m
    4/5 - 4m
    4/6 - 4m
    4/8 - 3m
    4/9 - 5m
    4/11 - 3m
    4/12 - 2.5m
    4/13 - 4.5m
    4/14 - 1m (supposed to be rest day but making up for lost ground)
    4/15 - 3m
    4/16 - 5m
    4/18 - 3m

    Total to date: 49 miles
    Apr Goal: 85 miles (57.6% complete)
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    @MobyCarp was at 2:19:06 at 30K
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    edited April 2016
    kristinegift wrote: »

    Holy crap, someone local to you has a sub-1000 bib?!!? He's gotta be smokin' fast!

    One of our local guys Andrew Hodges just came in at 3:03:19.


    @MobyCarp @ 35K 2:43:33
    @Zekela @ Half 1:51:17 @ 35K in 2:55:54

  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    did the live stream stop or did my company catch up with me LOL
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    ah found a finish line camera here http://stream.nbcsports.com/nbc/?pid=21620&referrer=http://www.sbnation.com/2016/4/18/11446652/boston-marathon-2016-live-stream-time-tv-schedule-and-how-to-watch
  • instantmartian
    instantmartian Posts: 335 Member
    I am so jealous of all of you able to watch the marathon in real time! My cell service is too poor at my place of employment to stream anything, and IT has all Marathon-related websites and streaming options blocked on our computers because it's "Sports."

    My friend hit some sort of wall between 30 and 35K. He finished, but was much slower than he should have been - about 30 minutes slower than last year. I just hope he is okay. His girlfriend finished in 3:10:30, which is a bit slower than I would have expected from her. It seems like it was a tough one this year.

    My phone died just after my friend finished, and I have a plug here, but no cord, so I can't charge my phone back up until I get home. I guess I actually need to do some work for the next couple of hours.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    WhatMeRunning wrote: »
    Congrats @MobyCarp!! I'm seeing a time of 3:23:01! :smiley:

    I have him at the same time!!! Congrats @mobycarp fantastic job!!!!!!!
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    instantmartian wrote: »
    My friend hit some sort of wall between 30 and 35K. He finished, but was much slower than he should have been - about 30 minutes slower than last year. I just hope he is okay. His girlfriend finished in 3:10:30, which is a bit slower than I would have expected from her. It seems like it was a tough one this year.
    Based on the winning elite runners times this WAS a difficult run this year for sure! I'm guessing it was part warm temps, part wind? I don't know. But the elites finished about 25 minutes slower than expected from what I heard.
  • Ron_Dco
    Ron_Dco Posts: 51 Member
    Congratulations @MobyCarp ..... :)
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    kristinegift wrote: »


    Zekela: 11758 Amanda Murdaugh: 21330 Andrew Hodges: 1086 Martin Schneekloth: 5398 Dink Taylor: 7441 and Tim Vinson 971


    Holy crap, someone local to you has a sub-1000 bib?!!? He's gotta be smokin' fast!

    Tim still isn't finished something must have happened to him. At 25K he dropped 2 mins a mile in time and he's just getting to the 30K. :cry:
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    kristinegift wrote: »


    Zekela: 11758 Amanda Murdaugh: 21330 Andrew Hodges: 1086 Martin Schneekloth: 5398 Dink Taylor: 7441 and Tim Vinson 971


    Holy crap, someone local to you has a sub-1000 bib?!!? He's gotta be smokin' fast!

    Tim still isn't finished something must have happened to him. At 25K he dropped 2 mins a mile in time and he's just getting to the 30K. :cry:
    I can't imagine. I am thinking I would be dragging myself by my arms until I passed out at Boston. Hope he comes out OK.
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