Boston Qualifying Challenge

 

                                 Can these two old guys really qualify for the 2017 Boston Marathon?

                                                                              Good question!

                                 Join us on the journey.   We'll share our training and our stories along the way.

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    Finally, Race Results and a 1-Miler for George tonight

    June 10, 2016

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    Clint

    The winter photos on the current state of this website seem out of date now that school is out and summer is almosthere, but it reminds me that we trained...

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    Running St. Margaret 5k Fitness Classic Kickoff to Summer in Aspinwall, Pa. this Sunday

    May 11, 2016

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    Clint

    George and I have each run the St. Margaret race many times, but he’s had a lot more success in his running times there than I have.  His best was 18:50 at...

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    The Pittsburgh Half-Marathon offered a good challenge

    May 2, 2016

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    Clint

    Sunday's half-marathon was my first in a few years and it was a good reminder that 13.1 miles is a formidible distance.  You have to train to run a 13 mile...

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    Pittsburgh Half Marathon, Counting down to Sunday

    April 28, 2016

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    Clint

    I'm looking forward to Sunday.  

     

    All the training this winter with George should help support a solid race.  My game plan is set.  I'll try to PR.  I want...

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    Pittsburgh Pirates 10k resulted in, well...

    April 26, 2016

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    Clint

    Would you consider a race a success even if you didn't make the time you wanted?  What if you missed the finish line? (What?!)

     

    Well...I didn't PR like...

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    Head Start training exercise

    April 15, 2016

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    Clint

    Practiced a great training exercise Thursday morning with George.  He learned it from a book about Kenyan running.  The practice didn't have a name that he...

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    Going for a 10k PR on Saturday

    April 13, 2016

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    Clint

    In preparation for the Pittsburgh Pirates 10k this Saturday, I did an interval training run yesterday.  I ran a slow one mile warm-up over to the cinder tr...

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    Spring Training and Racing

    April 10, 2016

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    Clint

    Winter is refusing to let go, and our winter training feels like it has stayed with us, too.  George and I finished the last half mile of a slow eight mile...

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    1st Place Men, Second Overall

    April 5, 2016

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    Clint

    George and friends Joel and Mike on April 3rd at the 13th Annual Nittany Valley Running Club Rodney Myers Memorial Run Around Egg Hill 10-miler and Relay R...

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    Hill Training Tuesdays

    February 17, 2016

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    Clint

    Yesterday I ran a 1.75 mile warm-up and then did five quarter-mile repeats on a gentle slope in RIDC Park, an industrial park with a dedicated pathway alon...

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    ABOUT GEORGE

    Age:  62

     

    Hometown:

    Pittsburgh, Pa.

     

    Current Boston Qualifying Time:

    3:55:00

     

    Marathon PR:

    3:08:50

    North Park, Pittsburgh, Pa.  Spring Thaw Marathon  1979

    Age: 25

     

    Number of Marathons:  33

    Qualified for, Raced and Finished 6 Boston Marathons (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012)

     

    Age:  52

     

    Hometown: 

    Pittsburgh, Pa.

     

    Current Boston Qualifying Time:

    3:30:00

     

    Marathon PR:

    3:46:00

    Philadelphia Marathon 2010

    Age: 47

     

    Number of Marathons:   2

    ABOUT CLINT