From 6 to 200 MPH

Monday, May 6, 2013

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.

2 comments:

  1. Not bad! Top third of your age group..
    I would take it!

    Looks like a nice foggy day

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  2. Thanks, Paul! Except for one runner in my AG, everyone in the Beach Cities Challenge been fading. Next stop is Long Beach and maybe will do CIM again.



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