Jason Abbott-Dallamora - 3:01:04
One thing about Jason Abbott-Dallamora (NNHS '03), he always worked his butt off. In high school he had PRs of ~10:40 for two miles and ~18:15 for 5K, not fast enough to be among the top seven during the Barnicle era, but plenty respectable... and nobody trained harder to get the most out of his abilities.
Jason ran in college, but had injuries and interruptions that kept him from training the way he wanted to. This spring and summer, finally healthy, he made a commitment to train for a fall marathon with a goal of getting a qualifying time for Boston (qualifying for his age group is sub 3:10).
Training alone, Jason averaged over 80 miles a week for three straight months, hitting a peak of 93 miles one week in September.
On Sunday, Jason finished 77th out of nearly 2000 finishers in the Steamboat Marathon, held in Scranton, PA, running 3:01:04 (6:55 pace) and got his qualifying time. Congratulations, Jason! All that hard work paid off.
Tom Davis - 12th at BAA Half Marathon in 1:09:39
Gotta give another shout-out to Tom Davis (NNHS '04), who finished 12th overall in the BAA Half Marathon on Sunday, running an evenly paced 1:09:39 (5:17 pace). Tom was also 6th American in a race dominated by Kenyan runners, and 3rd from Massachusetts.
Congratulations, Tom!
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Way to go Jason! Nice Tom!
Tom came by me before just before entering back into the Park and shouted HI MIKE. After a nice job relpy, he shouted back it was just a tempo. He seemed pretty easy. If his Westwood runners are in as good shape as he tghey may be up to some of those high goals Tom mentioned.
it is hard enough getting excited about the fact that 7:30 pace for 4 miles is starting to get comfortable again without having to read about how good shape everyone else is in. seriously though, awesome races guys. tom, that is a flying half, i can't imagine that was an easy course. and jason, it's good to hear you could get a solid chunk of injury-free time. you are tough as nails man, i hope it stays that way to boston and beyond.
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