Races.

march 27th, 2014

Went for the first run in a long time on Tuesday. Got to thinking about past races and race paces. Here is some sweet tabular data:

Date	Race	Time	Pace (min/mi)	Link
2006	James Joyce Ramble (10k)	57:14	9:12	link
2009	SF Marathon (2nd half)	2:31:35	11:34	link
2009	Healdsburg Wine Country Half Marathon	1:55:54	8:51	link
2011	Chicago marathon (full)	5:14:38	12:00	link
2013	Chicago marathon (full)	4:25:41	10:08	link

The James Joyce Ramble features actors in period costume reading passages from Joyce along the route. The outlier zippity zip pace for the Healdsburg is because I ran it with my friend Dan VanderKam, who was an excellent male pacesetter. Both marathons were run mostly untrained, although I was at a fitness level where I could knock out 12 miles without much trouble.

I can imagine a future marathon time below 4 hours, but probably not much faster. Haven't had a regular running buddy since moving away from San Francisco. Running buddies greatly improve my pace. I get so excited! with someone to talk to! and I run faster!