Boston Marathon Bib Number, 1065
And so, it has been announced: my bib number for the Boston Marathon is number, 1065.
Just amazing the tradition with Boston, as my entry time was a 2:31:18 from the 2005 Houston Marathon, and yet, I am ranked in the thousands! So, I did a little research in seeing what have been the best performances by a bib number so high, a bib number, 1065.
And these have been the results since 2001-
2:40:54 (2001), Cameron C. Dauler (29) of Boston, MA, placed 147th Overall
2:49:58 (2005), Juan M. Alvarado (40) of Torreon, Mexico, placed 241st Overall
2:50:37 (2003), Mark A. Godale (32) of Streetsboro, OH, placed 221st Overall
2:55:10 (2002), Tracy J. Hellman (26) of Sioux Falls, SD, placed 677th Overall
2:56:19 (2004), Trevor Marca (26) of Burbank, CA, placed 220th Overall
So, my goal is to at least run under 2:40 and finish in the Top 100 and I would satsify my bib seeding/ranking. Obviously, I have higher expectations, but this is what the Boston Marathon expects from me, performance-wise, based on past results, or else they would have assigned me a lower bib number, or just that about a thousand sub-2:31 guys entered, which I hope is the case. There is nothing worse than running in no-man's land in the Marathon.
Just amazing the tradition with Boston, as my entry time was a 2:31:18 from the 2005 Houston Marathon, and yet, I am ranked in the thousands! So, I did a little research in seeing what have been the best performances by a bib number so high, a bib number, 1065.
And these have been the results since 2001-
2:40:54 (2001), Cameron C. Dauler (29) of Boston, MA, placed 147th Overall
2:49:58 (2005), Juan M. Alvarado (40) of Torreon, Mexico, placed 241st Overall
2:50:37 (2003), Mark A. Godale (32) of Streetsboro, OH, placed 221st Overall
2:55:10 (2002), Tracy J. Hellman (26) of Sioux Falls, SD, placed 677th Overall
2:56:19 (2004), Trevor Marca (26) of Burbank, CA, placed 220th Overall
So, my goal is to at least run under 2:40 and finish in the Top 100 and I would satsify my bib seeding/ranking. Obviously, I have higher expectations, but this is what the Boston Marathon expects from me, performance-wise, based on past results, or else they would have assigned me a lower bib number, or just that about a thousand sub-2:31 guys entered, which I hope is the case. There is nothing worse than running in no-man's land in the Marathon.
posted by Gabriel Rodriguez at 12:20 PM
1 Comments:
Gabriel - From what I understand, only 64 runners ran faster qualifying times than you... the sub 1000 bibs go to elites. So in the entire field you will only have about 100 runners of your caliber... granted, a few of them can run sub 2:10...
You will do great... just don't go too fast... stick to your plan, 5:20s??? the Newton hills can undo the best trained athletes...
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