2009 Rochester Marathon, Phil Nesbitt Places & Wins
SBR Sunday, September 13, 2009 at 5:28PM The 2009 Rochester Marathon took place today and SBR's very own Phil Nesbitt took on the full 26.2 miles of running, yes you read that right, running 26.2 miles and no bike!
The very ability to run 26 miles is a feat in itself, but Phil not only completed the full marathon, he won his age category (19-24) and also placed 22nd out of the 671 in the full marathon (almost 3,000 people total in all events) and qualified for the Boston Marathon with his performance! Outstanding job!
Phil ran the race in a time of 3:06:11, which amounts to a 7:06/mile pace for the relaxing 26.2 miles. He felt good throughout the race and was running a sub 7 minute pace through mile 19, but he had only 1 goal in mind and that was to qualify for the Boston Marathon, in which he needed to run a sub 3:10:59 and did so with his final time.
Phil ran a smart race today and paced himself, which saw him besting his previous marathon time by 20 minutes! By placing first in his age bracket and overall standings, he took home some hardware as a reward for his efforts.
Once again, awesome job by Phil and here's to looking forward to the Boston Marathon next month. Hopefully Phil recovers in time for the Altamont Circuit Race in a few weeks, as Catskills is probably out of the question with what his body just went through.