The 2012 Olympic Trials marathon was held in Houston, Texas on January 14th, 2012, and was televised nationally
For the first time ever, both the men’s and women’s Olympic Trials Marathon were held on the same day at the same event, at the Houston to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
The qualifying race sends the top 3 men and 3 women to the London games. These 6 came from fairly large fields of contestants… 110 men, 191 women competed in the marathon.
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The Men’s Marathon:
Ryan Hall took the early, dominate lead… (Sorting out the posers, as they say).
While Hall set the men’s pace with a few of them breaking away from the pack at the 3 mile mark.
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The men were pacing sub 5-minute miles and then Meb Keflezighi moved to the front, with Hall drafting him.
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This year’s 2011 Chevron Houston Marathon saw a new record set this weekend as Bekana Daba finished the 26.2 mile run in 2:07:04. Man, that’s some speedy feet!
He beat out Nick Arciniaga who ran it in 2:11:30, a personal nest for him. Third place was Wilfred Murgor with a 2:11:41.
Women’s division saw Mamitu Daska finished in 2:26:33.
Houston Marathon 2011 men’s division top 5:
- Bekana D. Tolesa (18M) 2:07:04
- Nicholas Arciniaga (32M) 2:11:30
- Wilfred K Murgor (34M) 2:11:41
- Rob Watson (9M) 2:16:17
- Jesse L Davis (201) 2:18:47
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Kasey Kahne Foundation 5K
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Last weekend, amidst all the conjecture about Kasey Kahne and his team, he headed out and partook in his own Foundation’s 5k run to raise money. 302 runners took part in the 5K Charity Run and Kids’ Dash to raise funds for the Kasey Kahne Foundation and its beneficiaries. The participants ran from Bank of America Stadium to the NASCAR Hall of Fame to raise awareness for the new Ronald McDonald House of Charlotte and launch a scholarship fund for the NC STEM Community Collaborative.
But check it out, where we had some known contenders in amongst the crowd and they posted some reasonable, if not kick-butt times!
29th: Kasey Kahne: 22:52 22:52 7:22
34th: Marty Smith: 23:23 23:23 7:32
42nd: Jimmie Johnson: 24:06 24:06 7:46
55th: Joey Logano: 25:36 25:36 8:15
131st: Bob Pockrass: 31:48 31:48 10:15
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One of the toughest marathons in the country took place today, the 2010 San Francisco Marathon.
It’s a beautiful course as you pass by the San Francisco Bay, the Pacific ocean, tree-lined courses & you get to run across the Golden Gate Bridge. Oh, did I mention that if FEELS like only about 5 miles of the marathon course is flat? There are a lot of hills on the course. A LOT!
One of the special features of the event is the fact that you can run across the Golden Gate Bridge and back. That is so cool to do! It’s been reported that many runners don’t tackle this course because they find it very difficult to have a chance to attain PR’s.
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