Hartford Marathon: Tim Johnson (!) and Schab

In the most random pairing of Marist Running Alums, I present to you two finishers from Saturday’s Hartford Marathon: Tim Johnson and Mike Schab. Alert blog followers (not to mention Coach Horton and this old guy) wistfully recall Tim as a record-setting sprinter (yes, that’s right, SPRINTER) and the heart and soul of our track team (yes, that’s right, TRACK team). For Tim, a short sprinter through and through, a four-lap cooldown at the track would have constituted a marathon during his stellar four-year stint on the team. But alas on Saturday, our hero completed the entire 26.2 miles in the pouring rain in a very respectable 3:49:45 (8:46 pace). Nicely done, Tim!

As for Schab, he continues to pile up the racing stats, more than a decade after graduating from Marist. We’re a little behind on his race reporting, but we’ll start from the most recent: At Hartford, Schabby ran 3:11:36 (7:19 pace) and got 11^th in the 30-34 division. Of course, this was his third race in 14 days – Bronx 10-miler (1:03:54, neg split 32:46/31:08), Chicago Marathon (3:07:58). He also completed two marathons in the spring – Football Hall of Fame in Ohio and Shiprock in New Mexico, now having knocked off 28 states in his 50-state quest, all in the Marist Alumni Racing Team singlet. Nicely done!