Landis Loonies Marathon 1/1/2011

I ran the Landis Loonies Marathon FA today with my good friend Dan Horvath. I have to thank Dan for being committed to this today or I would most definitely stayed home and slept in. The weather report was calling for mid 40's and a 100% chance of rain while we would be running and it did rain but mostly a light drizzle other than the last few minutes of the first lap but it was warmer than it was supposed to be at around mid 50's. We had about 9 people start the marathon with a few others joining in for a few laps. We all stayed together for most of the 1st 2 laps but coming into the aid station after lap 2 I had an emergency bathroom break and was in the school for a few minutes and when I came out I figured I would never catch the group so I thought I may just be done but Keith Landis waited for me so off we went. He made it a couple miles but then he was getting some calf pain so he stopped and I went on alone. Again coming into the aid station with one lap to go I thought I would not run the last lap alone so I would just stop after 3 laps and 20 miles but I caught Kevin at the aid station and we went on to run the final loop together until mile 25 when he told me to go and quit waiting for him so I took off and ran my last mile at around a 7:30 pace finishing in 4:01. I had run the Great New Years Eve 5k the day before and was pretty sore after the marathon but I had a great time and got to run a marathon on the first day of 2011.

2010 Review

I ran 2270 miles in 2010 and I ran 40 races without an injury, a pretty good year of running.
Jan. 1 Freedom Park 24 Hour Ultra 70.13 miles
Feb. 7 Frosty 5k 22:03
Feb.13 Chili Bowl Classic 19:46
Feb. 28 Last Chance for Boston 3:29
Mar. 6 Green Jewel 50k 5:03
Mar. 13 St. Malachi 2 mile 14:06 paced JN
Mar. 13 St. Malachi 5 mile 47:00 JN JS
Mar.27 Super Sat. 1/5k 5:33 20:58
Mar.28 Fools 50k 5:44
Apr. 10 Spring Classic 1/2 1:33:20 PR
Apr. 18 Union Hospital 1/2 1:34:02
Apr. 21 Victims Rights 5k 19:43
May 1 Illinois Marathon 3:59:40 paced JS
May 7 Run 4 Fun 20:12
May 16 Cleveland Marathon PR 3:17:45
May 23 Happy Trails 5k 19:42
May 29 Pegasus Farms 2.5 mile 16:07
June 5 Another Dam 50k 4:55 PR
June 12 Louisville 10k 42:24
June 20 Tow Path 10 miler 1:06 PR
June 25 Matchstick 4 mile 24:14 PR
June 26 Green YMCA 10k 42:23
July 4 Twin Sizzler 5k 18:53 PR
July 4 Twin Sizzler 10k 43:44
July 5 N. Canton 5 miler 33:58
July 10 Shot in the Dark 4 mile 25:10 PR
July 17 Summer of Love 10 mile 1:14
Aug. 14 Skypark Veterans 2 mile 12:54 won
Aug. 21 Heart n Sole 1/2 1:30
Aug.28 Valley City 5k 20:34
Sept. 6 Run for the Trails 19:19
Sept. 12 River Run 1/2 1:27 PR
Sept. 18-19 NC24 113.3 PR
Oct. 3 Michelle's Leading Star 5k 20ish
Oct. 17 Columbus Marathon 3:46 JN
Oct. 24 Inland Trail 1:48 paced JN 3:38
Nov. 6 Stomp the Grapes 1/2 1:36
Nov.13 Bill's Bad Ass 50k 5:29 paced JN
Nov. 25 Perry Turkey Trot 21:08 w/ KC
Dec. 5 Buckeye Woods 50k 5:07
Dec.31 New Years Eve 5k 20:40