Sunday, August 31, 2008

John Finishes His First Half!

Congrats to John Batchelor on finishing his first half marathon. John joined the RMEC a few months ago inspired to train for a full marathon. He decided to use the Rock 'n Roll Half Marathon is a training race.

Unlike last year, the weather was anything but perfect. It was a hot and humid day. The warmer temps did not appear to impact John, as he ran a 1:43:31 and finished 75th in his division. For an event with well over 10,000 runners, this is one heck of a race debut.

One more thing. . . John did this race without a taper at all. He ran a 20 miler last weekend, and another six miler just two days before the race. Great job John! Good things are ahead in Chicago.

6 comments:

Derek Craig said...

Way to go John

tracy p said...

congrats John, great job!

Scott said...

Congrats on a great run!

Steve said...

Great run, John! Good luck in Chicago too!

kelly said...

Yahoo, John!!! Great job! Fast pace....who was chasing you? ;)

Jeff H. said...

Wow John. Way to go!