2009 Richmond Results

The RMEC continues to shine in fall marathons. This past weekend seven from our club made a trip to my favorite marathon, and raced in the Richmond Marathon. Jeff Hartney has been training hard since he moved to Wilmington, but has stayed in touch with the RMEC through the blog and facebook. His hard work paid off big time, finishing in 3:07:37 (while running negative splits).

Next across the finish line was Abraham Cox with a PR time of 3:42:03! Abraham just set a PR at the Marine Corps Marathon with a time of 3:57, so he cut 15 minutes off his time and just three weeks!. I would love yo know your secret.

Soon after Abraham came 21 year old Anthony and and 45 year old William Lucas with times of 3:53:13 and 3:53:28 respectively. This was a marathon debut but both father and son who ran virtually the entire race together. Great job guys! Just two weeks after a 1:51:56 at the Battleship Half Marathon, Levi Moore logs another impressive marathon finish. This week he added Richmond to his list. with a finishing time of 4:37:15. This was a six minute improvement over his Shamrock time earlier this year.

Amber Poole and Jon Shingleton have trained together for countless miles over the summer and into the fall. This would be Amber's second marathon and Jon's first. Amber was trying to improve on her Flying Pig PR of 5:34. . . she finished Richmond is 4:46:54. That is almost a 50 minute improvement!

Jon's marathon training has gone great. He has lost so much weight, he looks like a different person. On Saturday, he successfully completed his first marathon with a time of 5:31:32. At the half, he was on pace to break five hours, so I have a feeling Jon will be back for another before long. Welcome to the "26.2 Club" Jon. . . now go get your window sticker!