In her first attempt at the distance, Newton North grad Jess Barton placed second in the 3M Half-Marathon in Austin, Texas, in a dazzling debut time of 1:15:53 (5:47 pace).
She might have run significantly faster, but according to her own account of the race, after leading the race through 8 miles (5:40 pace / 1:14:25 pace), she experienced increasing quad pain from the net downhill course (315' drop over 13.1 miles), and slowed down significantly over the final 5k, despite feeling strong, aerobically.
Her 2nd place finish (behind world-class triathlete Kelly Williamson) earned her $1000.
Barton, who graduated from Northeastern in the Spring of 2011, now lives and trains in Boulder, where her focus is on training to be a professional triathlete. She was a two-time MA D1 cross-country champion (2004 and 2006), and graduated from NNHS in 2007.
Congratulations, Jess!!
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Congrats to Jess as well. Great performance. Hope she is enjoying Boulder. Beautiful place.
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