Marathon Results and Statistics (Updated)

#	Marathon	Date	Time	Pace	1st Half	2nd Half	Place
1	Marine Corps	10/26/2003	2:52:22	6:37	1:22:46	1:30:36	47
2	Honolulu	12/14/2003	3:09:38	7:14			176
3	Boston	4/19/2004	2:59:23	6:51	1:24:39	1:34:33	307
4	Houston	1/16/2005	2:42:14	6:12	1:21:11	1:21:03	25
5	Marine Corps	10/30/2005	2:41:15	6:09	1:20:16	1:20:59	35
6	Austin	2/19/2006	2:38:16	6:02	1:19:17	1:18:59	54
7	Rocket City	12/9/2006	2:39:21	6:05	1:18:29	1:20:52	9
8	Grandmas	6/21/2008	2:54:08	6:39	1:25:23	1:28:45	80
9	Amsterdam	10/19/2008	2:35:37	5:56	1:17:34	1:18:03	43
10	Hamburg	4/26/2009	2:34:33	5:54	1:17:16	1:17:17	36
11	Berlin	9/20/2009	2:34:06	5:53	1:16:20	1:17:46	98
12	Marine Corps	10/25/2009	2:41:33	6:10	1:17:16	1:24:17	34
13	Rotterdam	4/11/2010	2:35:46	5:57	1:17:04	1:18:42	73
14	Munich	10/10/2010	2:33:50	5:52	1:16:46	1:17:04	9
15	Rotterdam	4/10/2011	2:35:26	5:56	1:16:32	1:18:54	67
16	Boston	4/16/2012	2:36:35	5:59	1:18:29	1:18:06	56
17	Boston	4/15/2013	2:36:49	5:59	1:17:08	1:19:41	179
18	Big Sur	4/28/2013	2:46:05	6:20	1:23:08	1:22:57	11
19	Richmond	11/16/2013	2:36:44	5:59	1:17:27	1:19:18	12
20	Boston	4/21/2014	2:53:34	6:37	1:17:24	1:36:10	1310
21	All-American	5/4/2014	2:48:03	6:25	1:20:37	1:27:26	3
22	California Int'l	12/7/2014	2:32:29	5:49	1:16:41	1:15:48	65
23	Boston	4/20/2015	2:33:13	5:51	1:16:13	1:17:00	119
24	California Int'l	12/6/2015	2:31:54	5:48	1:15:12	1:16:42	44
25	Boston	4/18/2016	2:37:23	6:00	1:15:35	1:21:48	90
26	Indy Monumental	11/5/2016	2:31:44	5:47	1:15:15	1:16:30	11
27	Boston	4/17/2017	2:34:49	5:54	1:16:14	1:18:35	97
28	Boston	4/16/2018	DNF
29	California Int’l	12/2/2018	2:32:16	5:49	1:14:57	1:17:19	186
30	Rocket City	12/14/2019	2:31:04	5:45	1:15:31	1:15:33	3
31	Boston (Virtual)	9/7/2020	2:31:16	5:46			9
32	Boston	4/18/2022	2:29:48	5:43	1:14:39	1:15:09	118
33	Indy Monumental	11/5/2022	2:34:32	5:54	1:14:50	1:19:42	45
34	Boston	4/17/2023	2:32:59	5:50	1:14:50	1:18:09	237
35	Chicago	10/8/2023	2:29:38	5:42	1:15:05	1:14:33	152
36	New York City	11/5/2023	2:33:40	5:52	1:15:57	1:17:43	80
37	Boston	4/15/2024	2:35:07	5:55	1:15:23	1:19:44	235
		Average	2:38:50	6:03

Facts and statistics in no particular order.

• New Marathon Personal Best is 2:29:38, 10 seconds faster than my 2022 Boston Marathon
• Ran my PR on my 35th marathon at the age of 45!
• 2nd in 2023 Wanda Age Group World Championships M45-49 AG, and also 2nd in Chicago Marathon M45-49 AG
• 2nd Place in M45-49 AG at New York City Marathon only four weeks after Chicago
• Boston Marathon
• 12 total Boston Marathons, but 10 finishes and 1 virtual
• 5th in the M45-49 age group in 2024
• 4th in the M45-49 age group in 2023
• 10th in the M40-44 age group in 2022
• Had a streak of 7 consecutive Boston's (2012-2018), but I DNF’d in 2018 from the brutal stormy, rainy and freezing conditions. I tried to get back on the course after visiting the medical tent, but my body shutdown (mild hypothermia). 
• Placed 119th Overall in the 119th edition of the Boston Marathon (2015)
• Placed in the Top 100 in 2012, 2016, and 2017
• 56th Overall in the 2012 scorching heat
• 90th Overall in 2016; very warm and windy
• 97th Overall in 2017
• 3rd Place Overall in 2013 Boston2BigSur Challenge (2 marathons in 13 days)
• Average marathon time and pace for my 34 marathons is 2:39:06 / 6:04 pace
• Ran 2 marathons at sub 2:30, 22 marathons in the 2:30's (between 2:30:00 to 2:39:59), 5 marathons in the 2:40's, 4 marathons in the 2:50s, and 1 marathon over 3:00 (decided to run Honolulu last minute as a fun run while on vacation). 
• Ran 21 marathons at sub-6:00 pace or sub-2:37:12.
• 8 marathons with a negative or even split halves.  I'm considering Hamburg Marathon and 2019 Rocket City Marathon even split races since I was only 1-2 seconds slower in the 2nd half. 
• Ran 6 marathons in Europe: 3 in Germany and 3 in the Netherlands. 
• Avg finish time and pace for European marathons is 2:34:53 / 5:55 pace.
• Is European's pavement better than the US for running or are the courses just faster?
• I ran 5 marathons 2 or more times - 10 x Boston, 3 x Marine Corps, 2 x Rotterdam, 3 x CIM, 2 x Rocket City
• The most marathons I ran in one calendar year is 3 in 2009.  
• 5 - # of times I hit the "Wall" in the marathon.
• Marine Corps '03 - what better way to experience the wall than in your 1st marathon.
• Boston '04 - HOT! 2nd hottest Boston Marathon in history at the time. (can't use the heat as an excuse since I ran well in '12 Boston when it was hot again)
• Marine Corps '09 - Ran MCM only 5 weeks after Berlin.  
• Boston '14 - you can't expect to run well in Boston if you don't train on hills.
• All-American - cramped badly at 20 miles, but still fought hard for 3rd Place.
• 2:54 at Grandmas Marathon - still decided to run Grandmas after only 4-5 weeks of training; had IT band syndrome that lasted for 8 weeks.