Royal Victoria Marathon

So this past weekend was the Royal Victoria Marathon. As most people know, I coach the marathon clinic at Peninsula runners. I also have a few high performance girls I work with as well. Here's the results for those athletes that were racing at RVM:

Erica Summers: 3hrs 12mins 20s (half way split in 1:36:41, yes she negative split the marathon). She also dropped her previous personal best from 3:17 to this new pb. She's Boston bound in April.

Lindsay Cristante: 3hrs 39mins 49s (This newly wed who just missed the Boston qualifying time in May at the Vancouver marathon was out on a mission and squeaked a qualifying time, She's Boston bound as well)

Lindsay Delayen: 3hrs 19mins 16s (this eager 21yr old amazed me this summer. She had never ran a half marathon when she approached me about the marathon clinic. A few weeks into the trianing, injury struck but she stuck with it and ran a balls out race to also BQ. She's Boston bound as well)

Crystal Bergeron: 4hrs 33mins 30s (She dropped 18 minutes off her previous personal best. enough said, she's badass)

Kristy Wilson: 4hrs 39mins 16s (A first timer at the distance, she has a lot of potential to run fast, I mean really fast)

Chad Sergeant: 3hrs 24mins 54s (Big personal best for Chad, as he shattered the 3:30 barrier. He's only getting faster)

Ed Pratt: 3hrs 27mins 3s (he came down with a nasty cold a few weeks before the race which definitely took some minutes off him race day. But Ed is steady and is a definite sub 3:20 marathoner soon... very soon)

Jeff Aitken: 3hrs 19mins 43s (Jeff, to my understanding is first timer to the marathon. Well he definitely showed the marathon who's boss. Jeff Aitken, thats who.)

Joel Palmer: 3hrs 37mins 36s (This was my first time working with Joel. Lots of potential. He hopes to qualify for Boston in the near future. Book your ticket Joel, your going soon)

Mark Upward: 4hrs 28mins 26s (I never got a chance to talk to Mark, but his first marathon attempt is pretty impressive.)

Peter Demeo: 5hrs 15mins 20s (I didn't get a chance to talk to Peter either. Good preformance on his part!)

Freya Zaltz: 1hr 42mins 41s (I've been working with Freya for a few months now under the PT Performance Training banner. She's improving a lot and it set to run the Las Vegas Rock n' Roll Marathon in December)

Darren Lockyer: 1hr 38mins 53s (Darren ran into some IT band issues early in the marathon clinic and was forced to drop down to the half. Still with an impressive half time he's only going to improve)

Janelle Smith: Last but not least Janelle is my lone half marathoner I train at Peninsula Runners. She scored a 1hr 31mins 22s half. She was also at work til 1am the night before. H-core.

Congrats to all my marathoners and halfers. They all accomplished something most people either find stupid or insane. Well done kids.