Monday, November 17, 2008

San Antonio Marathon Results

I'll come back and make a race report but for now - just the results:

Time 2:39:23 (PR by 1:23) (VDOT 61.7 - also a PR of any distance)
Pace 6:05 minutes per mile
Place 17th/7526
Gender Place 14/4015
Age Grade 81% (Nationally Rated)
Division Place 2nd

Prizes -
1st Place Master $500 (based on gun time - would have been 2nd $250 if based on chip time)*
Texas Showdown Place 4th (prizes stop at 3rd by the guy in 16th place 1 minute ahead of me who collected the $500)
6th USA (prizes stop at 5th also by that 16th place guy who collects $200)

Awards -
2nd Place Age Group (based on chip time)

* A bit of a hollow victory here - I won this on a technicality as it goes by gun time. Wilmer Bustillos actually beat me by 3 minutes Chip Time through a ton of traffic apparently starting the race 15 minutes after me and weaving thru crowds of people - very impressive as a Master on what appears to be his debut marathon - at least the first marathon I can find on record - he's been beating me quite handily in shorter races and I kinda hoped he wouldn't move up to the marathon.

I happened to notice Wilmer is signed up for Houston although the website doesn't say which race - if the marathon - there is high probability of him making roadkill out of me.

So I get a free race - very cool - as the $500 about equals the hotel and other travel expenses.

6 comments:

Gavin Boyles said...

Congratulations, kayry!! Very impressed at your ability to run so many quality marathons in so little time! HOpe to see you at a race sometime - perhaps Boston '09?
-sparky

Anonymous said...

John,

Congratulations on a great run. Rest up to defend your title in January as you now have an even bigger target on your back.:-)

Tuan

WalkSports.com said...

John,

You'll notice that Bustillos and Mora's entries on the CHM confirmation database say "Transferred".

Short of e-mailing Steve Karpas, who I had a good conversation with at the starting line yesterday, my guess is that Wilmer and Gerardo bought an entry and then once they won a local invited runner spot, the status was changed.

Since you and Nancy Prejean, for example, won your spots at last year's marathon, there was never a need for any of you eight (8) to sign up.

One more item for the mix, though. Suzanne Day, who won her spot at the 10-Miler, is still listed as "Marathon".

So .. who knows for sure?

And well done on Sunday!

Jon

kayry said...

Thanks Sparky - not sure yet about Boston '09. I've set a target to be a Master's Elite at Boston which is going to require me to knock off a pretty big chunck of time at Houston - not impossible but all must go perfect. If I don't achieve I'm not sure I'm doing Boston next year.

How's the legs - are you running again - good luck on your sub2:40 quest. Amazing how nice it feels to get it.

kayry said...

Hey Tuan - Thanks - Houston will certainly be something - before San Antonio I was wondering how much I wanted to fight for a good Houston so close - but I'm starting to get fired up about the idea of targetting the perfect race in Houston. I have a couple opportunity areas to improve from San Antonio I just need the motivation to go after them. I'm starting to feel that motivation rise up.

kayry said...

Hey Jon - thanks for checking - sounds like you have same info I found on Wilmer. I just got the email for invited local elite last week and signed up for Houston Marathon on Monday - I'm guessing Wilmer and Gerardo probably got theirs invites same time - I don't show on the Confirm Registration yet - guess I'll just have to wait and see.

Good seeing you before the race - hope you had a good race - Good luck in Dallas - I'm pretty amazed the line-up of Marathons your running - sounds like 1 or more per month!