Another continent for Joe T

(Photo of marathon race banner in Germany with Joe Tarantello)

Congrats to Marist Running Alum Joe Tarantello for knocking off another continent in his quest for worldwide marathon domination (as Schab would say).

Joe T completed a marathon in Fussen, Germany, earlier this summer. He said he was disappointed in his 3:22ish finish. With this marathon, Joe T has conquered North America (obviously), Australia and now Europe. Next on the agenda next summer: Africa. Nice!

Here is Joe’s race report via e-mail:

“Race conditions were pretty bad -- around 50 and ice cold pouring rain for about 90 percent of the race. The race was mostly on hard packed dirt but it had been raining for days so much of it was just mud and puddles. It was out in the countryside so the scenery was beautiful but it definitely was a struggle to finish. I've been doing 60-65 miles a week since the beginning of April. Not too many workouts but either a tempo run or track workout once a week so not really sure what happened out there. I was thinking worst case scenario 3 hours but I guess you can't underestimate the marathon (Editor’s note: INDEED).’’

Nice job, Joe. Hope to see you at the Fox Trot 5K.