Congrats to Marist Running Alum Sam McMullen (Class of 2011)
for his excellent marathon debut at Sunday’s Glass City Marathon in Toledo, Ohio. Sam is a graduate student and athletic trainer at the University of Toledo.
And apparently, he is finding time to get some good training in out there!
Sam placed fourth overall in 2:37:58, achieving his goal of
a sub-2:40 for his first marathon. I was in touch with Sam throughout his
training. He worked hard, putting in good mileage and good cross-training.
This is an excellent, redemptive effort for Sam, who spent
much of his Marist career on the injured list. We always joked that Sam, an
Athletic Training major with a very high GPA, knew too much about all the
running injuries he was studying … because he ended up getting most of them!
According to the race results I found, here are some of Sam’s
splits:
3-mile: 17:57
10km: 36:54
14-mile: 1:23:58
21-mile: 2:05:37.
Great job, Sam. Holy Toledo! (Sorry. Couldn’t resist).
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