Thunder Road Results

The RMEC sent five men to Charlotte this past weekend to participate in the Thunder Road Marathon. If you are not familiar with this race, you can safely describe it as "cold and hilly." It is not hills like Umstead, but Scott described it as 26.2 miles of Candlewood. . . non stop rolling hills with little to no flat land. Don't believe me? Take a look at the elevation chart:

So this is not your typical race to set a PR on. Don't tell that to Ron and Eric however. Both set new Marathon PRs on the cold morning! Ron crossed the line in 4:00:23, just barely missing the coveted sub-four mark. Even more impressive is that Ron did this with negative splits, hitting the half way point at 2:03. Eric was only a mile behind Ron on his way to a new PR. His finishing time was 4:09:47. He also ran a well paced race, only running the second half a minute slower!

Dave was the first from the RMEC to finish when he crossed the line in 3:45:31. Dave was having a strong race and was on pace for a Boston Qualifier until cramps get the best of his legs at mile 21. Even with Cramps, Dave was able to push through and finish 329th overall.

Frank had company on this race as Steve decided to hang back and have fun. Steve had been recovering from a calf injury, so his primary goal was to finish uninjured. Frank finished in 5:46:26 which was good enough for 27th in his new age group! Steve pulled ahead in the last bit of the race to finish in 5:39:37. Best of all. . . no injuries!

To read Franks race report, and see some photos visit his blog. Great job to everyone!