Sunday, December 1, 2013

Curtis Runs Even Splits to Set Marathon PR in Japan
1:06:04 + 1:07:20 = 2:13:24




After bonking over the final 10K at the 2011 New York City marathon, Bobby Curtis today demonstrated that he's got a good methodology for running even splits over the marathon distance. Curtis finished a very solid 10th at the 67th Fukuoka International Marathon in 2:13:24 (a 3:20 PR) after running splits of 1:06:04 and 1:07:20 (compare that to his debut marathon at the 2011 NYC marathon: splits of 1:05:23 + 1:11:21 = 2:16.44).

Full Results with splits are HERE.

Top 30 Finishers 2013 Fukuoka Marathon

P​l​.  N​o​.  N​a​m​e                 H​a​l​f            R​esult
1   7​2  M​A​T​H​A​T​H​I​, M​a​r​t​i​n       1​:​0​3​:​5​1         2​:​0​7​:​1​6
2   2​1  G​I​T​A​U​,​ J​o​s​e​p​h          1​:​0​3​:​5​1         2​:​0​9​:​0​0
3   2​3  K​A​W​A​U​C​H​I​,​ Y​u​k​i         1​:​0​3​:​4​8         2​:​0​9​:​0​5
4    3  S​Z​O​S​T​,​ H​e​n​r​y​k          1​:​0​3​:​4​9         2​:​0​9​:​3​7
5   2​9  T​A​K​A​D​A​,​ C​h​i​h​a​r​u        1​:​0​3​:​4​9         2​:​1​0​:​3​9
6    5  C​O​O​L​S​A​E​T​,​ R​e​i​d         1​:​0​4​:​1​1         2​:​1​1​:​2​4
7   2​6  M​O​G​U​S​U​,​ M​e​k​u​b​o         1​:​0​3​:​5​1         2​:​1​2​:​0​3
8    4  L​A​M​D​A​S​S​E​M​, ​A​y​a​d        1​:​0​4​:​2​6         2​:​1​2​:​3​1
9   2​8  S​A​S​A​K​I​,​ S​a​t​o​r​u         1​:​0​3​:​4​9         2​:​1​3​:​1​2
1​0  5​8  C​U​R​T​I​S​, ​R​o​b​e​r​t         1​:​0​6​:​0​4         2​:​1​3​:​2​4
1​1  5​2  M​O​R​E​A​U​, ​B​e​n            1​:​0​6​:​4​4         2​:​1​5​:​5​2
1​2  7​1  A​R​A​I​,​ H​i​r​o​n​o​r​i         1​:​0​5​:​3​6         2​:​1​6​:​0​4
1​3  2​5  M​A​T​S​U​M​I​Y​A​, ​T​a​k​a​y​u​k​i    1​:​0​3​:​4​9         2​:​1​6​:​1​6
1​4  5​1  T​R​U​J​I​L​L​O​, ​C​a​r​l​o​s       1​:​0​8​:​1​7         2​:​1​7​:​4​8
1​5  6​3  M​A​T​S​U​M​O​T​O​,​S​h​o          1​:​0​5​:​0​4         2​:​1​8​:​1​3
1​6  7​6  M​O​R​I​,​ T​a​k​a​k​i           1​:​0​8​:​1​8         2​:​1​8​:​1​7
1​7  5​6  M​A​R​T​I​N​,​ B​r​e​n​d​a​n        1​:​0​9​:​0​9         2​:​1​8​:​2​8
1​8  7​5  S​A​K​A​M​O​T​O​,​ T​a​k​a​y​a       1​:​0​9​:​1​9         2​:​1​9​:​3​4
1​9  6​5  Y​A​M​A​M​O​T​O​,​ Y​a​s​u​y​u​k​i     1​:​0​7​:​3​5         2​:​2​0​:​5​1
2​0  8​8  H​A​Y​A​S​A​K​A​,​ K​o​j​i         1​:​0​9​:​5​8         2​:​2​1​:​4​5
2​1  6​2  K​O​D​A​,​ T​a​k​a​a​k​i          1​:​0​4​:​2​6         2​:​2​1​:​4​5
2​2  5​7  L​U​I​S​ B​A​R​R​I​O​S​, ​J​u​a​n     1​:​0​3​:​5​1         2​:​2​1​:​4​7
2​3  1​4​3 I​S​H​I​I​,​ K​e​n​i​c​h​i         1​:​1​1​:​0​7         2​:​2​2​:​0​4
2​4  1​0​2 H​I​G​A​S​H​I​,​ T​o​r​u          1​:​0​9​:​1​8         2​:​2​2​:​4​6
2​5  6​6  G​O​K​A​Y​A​,​ K​o​j​i           1​:​0​4​:​3​2         2​:​2​3​:​0​0
2​6  7   C​R​A​G​G​,​ A​l​i​s​t​a​i​r        1​:​0​4​:​2​5         2​:​2​3​:​0​5
2​7  9​8  Y​A​M​A​S​A​K​I​,​ T​a​k​e​m​a​r​u     1​:​0​9​:​5​9         2​:​2​3​:​2​1
2​8  2​0​1 A​K​I​Y​A​M​A​,​ T​a​i​y​o         1​:​0​9​:​5​9         2​:​2​3​:​4​0
2​9  1​0​6 I​S​O​M​U​R​A​,​ S​h​u​n​s​u​k​e      1​:​1​0​:​1​4         2​:​2​3​:​4​3
3​0  8​2  F​U​J​I​N​A​G​A​,​ H​i​r​o​k​i       1​:​0​7​:​0​8         2​:​2​3​:​5​3

The marathon started and finished on the track


Here are Curtis's 5K splits:
1st 5K:     15:33
2nd 5K:     15:39
3rd 5K:     15:41
4th 5K:     15:38
5th 5K:     15:43
6th 5K:     15:44
7th 5K:     15:46
8th 5K:     16:25
Last 2.2K:   7:13

Interestingly, Ireland's (and the University of Arkansas') Alistair Cragg made his marathon debut today at Fukuoka and he succumbed to a familiar collapse over the final stages of the race. Cragg is a superb talent to be sure (witness a 5000 meter PR of 13:03.53 and a 1:00:49 PR over the half-marathon distance), but debut marathons are tricky business (as Curtis knows from 2011 in New York). Cragg led Curtis by almost 2 minutes at the halfway mark today, but finished 10 minutes behind Curtis at the end. Here are Cragg's 5K splits: notice that Cragg covered the final 12.2 kilometers in 50:09, compared to 39:24 for Curtis):

1st 5K:     15:14
2nd 5K:     15:08
3rd 5K:     15:16
4th 5K:     15:18
5th 5K:     15:44
6th 5K:     16:16
7th 5K:     17:44
8th 5K:     22:31
Last 2.2K:   9:54

Other noteworthy results:
  6.  Reid Coolsaet    2:11:24
 11.  Ben Moreau       2:15:52
 17.  Brendan Martin   2:18:28
 26.  Alistair Cragg   2:23:05  
127.  Clint Verran     2:32:30
DNF   Mark Kenneally   ---

No comments:

Post a Comment