Long Beach International Bank Marathon - 2013

Ran my last Long Beach full marathon and in December will run my last full marathon in Sacramento. Will continue running Half and 10K, though. The lower part of my body from foot to lower back can't take the pounding anymore. At mile 7, I removed my socks because the ball on my foot hurt so bad(experienced this during training and by running without socks ease the pain). Ran at a decent pace and on target for under 5 hrs finish up to mile 24. When my hip and lower back pain became unbearable, I decided to walk all the way to the finish line. It's a good decision because I was able to enjoy the post race celebration. Got me 4 cups of ultra light beer and went to Hooters with wifey, son, brother and friend for the much needed nutrients. Love those chicken butts.  

Beat my OC Marathon time by 30 seconds sooooo .......... it's a 2013 PR     

The Long Beach International City Bank Marathon

Race Standings

Division Place - 2077

Gender Place - 1367

Age Place -       6

Bib Number -    360

Age -                 71

Start Time -        06:28:45

5k -                   00:32:54

10k -                 01:05:05        

Half -                 02:19:35

20 Mile -           03:39:50

Elapsed -           05:11:14

 

Orange County Marathon - 2013

Bib: 214
Name: Arthur Laforteza
Gender: M
Age: 71
Hometown: Long Beach, CA

Overall:           1401 out of 1875
Men:               918 out of 1151
M 70-74:        5 out of 14
Age/Grade:     55.10% Place: 590
Finish:             5:11:46 Pace: 11:54
Tag Time:        5:11:46
Gun Time:        5:12:50
 
Split Times:
5 Km:             34:49 Pace: 11:13
10 Km:          1:09:11 Pace: 11:09
11 Mi:            2:04:42 Pace: 11:21
Half:               2:27:48 Pace: 11:17
15.25 Mi:       2:52:26 Pace: 11:19
18.6 Mi:         3:29:13 Pace: 11:15
24 Mi:            4:42:12 Pace: 11:46
26.2:              5:11:46 Pace:  11:54
TARGET:       5:00:00 Pace:  11:29

I started running at age 66. I set my personal best(4:42) when I ran my 1st marathon in Oct 2008 at age 68. Unfortunately, I reached the top of the bell curve at such a young age. At age 69 - 70, I ran 9 marathons and the closest finish time to my PB is 4:52. I am now fading, not fast but gently.  Moving forward, I will add 5 minutes to my most recent finish time as a TARGET.  When we reach a certain age ....... age do matter!

With son Aris who did the HM.

Born to Run

A man reaching age 65 today can expect to live, on average, until age 83. And those are just averages. About one out of every four 65-year-olds today will live past age 90, and one out of 10 will live past age 95.

 Turned 65 six years ago and according to SSA, expect to live another 12 years...... naaah. I like the one out of 10 odd.