Marathon Training History

Notes on my personal marathon training history (last updated 2024-07-29):

• 2006:
• Trained to 28.07 miles (May) 
  
• Grandma's Marathon (30th Annual)
  
• Time: 5:55:16
• Pace: 13:34/mile
  
• City: Duluth, Minnesota
• Date: 2006-06-17
  
• Weather at finish: 26° C (78° F), humidity 83%, wind 9 km/h
  
• Placing:
• Overall: 6,592 (of 6,911)
• Sex: 4,161 (of 4,306)
  
• Division (M 19–34): 1,410 (of 1,459)
• Note: My contemporary results capture
  
• Results link: https://www.mtecresults.com/runner/show?race=3255&rid=5445
  
• San Francisco Marathon (29th Annual)
  
• Time: 5:45:05
• Pace: 13:10/mile
  
• City: San Francisco, California
• Date: 2006-07-30
  
• Weather at finish: 21° C (70° F), humidity 57% , wind 17 km/h
• Place:
• Overall: 3,654 (of 4,076)
  
• Sex: 2,531 (of 2,701)
• Division (M 25–29): 315 (of 337)
• Note: no personal contemporary results capture
  
• Results link: https://www.athlinks.com/event/1403/results/Event/11305/Course/16610/Bib/1927
  
• Whistlestop Marathon (9th Annual)
  
• Time: 5:29:43
• Pace: 12:34/mile
  
• City: Ashland, Wisconsin
• Date: 2006-10-14
• Weather at finish: 4° C (39°F), humidity 45% , wind 33 km/h
  
• Place:
• Overall: 589 (of 607)
  
• Sex: 364 (of 378)
• Division (M 25–29): 29 (of 31)
• Note: My contemporary results capture differs from above 🤔
  
• Results link: https://www.athlinks.com/event/3097/results/Event/14913/Course/22026/Bib/497
• New York City Marathon (36th Annual)
  
• Time: 5:43:46
• Pace: 13:07/mile
  
• City: New York City, New York
• Date: 2006-11-05
• Weather at finish: 9° C (48° F), humidity 37% , wind 15 km/h
  
• Place:
• Overall: 35,071 (of 37,880)
  
• Gender: 24,240 (of 25,55)
• Division (M 25–29): 2,163 (of 2,240)
  
• Note: My contemporary results capture
  
• Results link: https://results.nyrr.org/event/a61105/result/45593
  
• California International Marathon (CIM) (23rd Annual)
  
• Time: 5:27:35
• Pace: 12:30/mile
  
• City: Sacramento, California
  
• Date: 2006-12-03
• Weather at finish: 14° C (41° F), humidity 41% , wind 11 km/h
  
• Place:
• Overall: 3,558 (of 3,788)
  
• Gender: 2,205 (of 2,313)
• Division (M 25–29): 205 (of 210)
  
• Note: No personal contemporary results capture
• Results link: https://www.athlinks.com/event/3241/results/Event/15733/Course/23259/Bib/3080
  
• 2007:
• Trained to 28 miles (April)
  
• Big Sur International Marathon (21st Annual)
• Time: 5:35:40
• Pace: 12:49/mile
  
• City: Carmel, California
  
• Date: 2007-04-29
• Weather at finish: 13° C (55° F), humidity 77% , wind 13 km/h
  
• Place:
• Overall: 2,992 (of 3,157)
  
• Gender: 1,839 (of 1,903)
• Division (M 25–29): 212 (of 216)
  
• Note: My unofficial contemporary results capture differs from above (and another a few days later)
  
• Results link: https://www.athlinks.com/event/22927/results/Event/23293/Course/35460/Entry/30894958
• 2008:
• Trained to 12.0 miles (late fall/early winter)
  
• 2009: No data
• 2010:
• Trained to 14 miles (late winter-summer)
• Injured Achilles (on run above)
  
• Trained to 11 miles (late fall-winter)
  
• First used Petzl headlamp for pre-sunrise run
  
• 2011:
• Trained to 24 miles; interrupted by sickness, back pain
  
• 2012: No data
• 2013:
• Running at American River College
• Trained to ~12-16 miles (late fall/winter)
• Experimented with Xero shoe flats 
• 2014: No data
• 2015: No data
• 2016: No data
• 2017: No data
• 2018:
• Trained to 3.0 miles (July)
  
• 2019: No data
• 2020: 
• Trained to ~4.5 miles (April)
  
•  2021:
• Trained to ~4.5 miles (May)
• 2022: No data
• 2023: No data
• 2024:
• Trained to 28.02 miles (July & October)
• San Francisco Marathon (47th Annual)
• Time: 5:28:58
• Pace: 12:33/mile
  
• City: San Francisco, California
• Date: 2024-07-28
  
• Weather at finish: 18° C (64° F), humidity 70% , wind 6 km/h
• Place (retrieved 2024-08-21):
• Overall: 4,916 (of 5,694)
  
• Sex: 3,659 (of 4,128)
• Division (M 45–49): 215 (of 259)
• Note: My contemporary results capture
  
• Results link: https://www.athlinks.com/event/1403/results/Event/1072999/Course/2441955/Bib/1007
• San Francisco Giant Race Half Marathon (15th Annual)
• Time: 2:20:03
• Pace: 10:41/mile
  
• City: San Francisco, California
• Date: 2024-08-18
  
• Weather at finish: 17° C (63° F), humidity 81% , wind 15 km/h
• Place (retrieved 2024-08-27):
• Overall: 812 (of 1,220)
  
• Sex: 568 (of 734)
• Division (M 45–49): 56 (of 73)
• Note: My contemporary results capture
  
• Results link: 
• RunSignup: https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/134704/IndividualResult/cRxx?resultSetId=479854#U90908130
  
• Athlinks: https://www.athlinks.com/event/85597/results/Event/1088711/Course/2510431/Bib/1568 
  
• Berkeley Half Marathon (12th Anniversary)
• Time: 2:31:19
• Pace: 11:33/mile
  
• City: Berkeley, California
• Date: 2024-11-17
  
• Weather at finish: 12° C (54° F), humidity 49% , wind 7 km/h
• Place (unofficial; retrieved 2024-11-22):
• Overall: 2,314 (of 2,725)
  
• Sex: 1,493 (of 1,647)
• Division (M 40–49): 311 (of 350)
• Note: My contemporary results capture
  
• Results link: https://www.athlinks.com/event/95041/results/Event/1093947/Course/2528352/Bib/4755

Personal Records (PR) - Officially timed:

• Marathon: 
• #1: 5:27:35 (2006 California International Marathon)
• #2: 5:28:58 (2024 San Francisco Marathon)
• #3: 5:29:43 (2006 Whistlestop Marathon)
  
• Half-marathon:
• #1: 2:20:03 (2024 San Francisco Giant Race)
• #2: 2:31:19 (2024 Berkeley Half Marathon)
  
• 10K:
• #1 57:13 (2004 Davis Turkey Trot)
  
• #2 1:15:00 (2024 Oakland Running Festival - 10K Run)
• 5K:
• #1 27:33 (2006 Run Against Pain 10K/5K)
• #2 35:07 (2024 Run to Feed the Hungry)
  
• #3 46:37 (2000 Sacramento Zoo Zoom)