Four decades of Marathons

Earlier this year I’d read about Reno Stirrat completing five decades with a sub 2:45 marathon. I love numeric stats like that, and that record is something else! Reno has not only run fast, but he’s continued at a high level for an incredibly long time span.
The Baystate marathon marked my fourth decade (80’s, 90’s, 00’s, and 10’s) with a sub-3 hour marathon. Not quite (by a long way!) as good as Reno’s record but I’ve still got 9 years to run a sub 2:45 in this decade (not likely), then I’d only need to run a sub 2:45 at age 56 to match his record (no way).

Anyway here are my stats by decade
80’s – 1 marathon – Best time = 2:22:03 – 0 wins – 17th = best place – 17th = worst place

90’s – 21 marathons–Best time = 2:19:29 – 3 wins – 1st = best place – 56th = worst place

00’s – 10 marathons-Best time = 2:29:10 – 3 wins – 1st = best place – 75th = worst place

10’s – 1 marathon – Best time = 2:58:06 – 0 wins – 80th = best place – 80th = worst place
Next up: Lithia Loop trail marathon (National championships) in Ashland Oregon on Nov. 6