Thursday, October 17, 2019

Alumni marathon results: Spencer, Mike G, Omar at Chicago



The red and white were well represented at the Windy City. Spencer Johnson wore Marist gear on his warmup and cooldown and got lots of cheers! But for the race, he wore a San Diego Track Club singlet, of which we approve. Spencer now lives out there and that team has been a big boon to his training. Spencer ran a 9-minute PR of 2:29:45. He had 14 family members in town to support him. And yet … he was hoping for a bit more. He was on sub-2:20/low-2:20s pace for much of the race, but hit a late-race wall. We feel Spencer is still learning the distance, but we’re proud of his strong effort out there.

Speaking of strong efforts … how about Mike G! Mike Guarascio, now 36 (hard to believe) ran a nearly 10-minute PR and an incredible neg split effort of 2:43:47 (1:23:13/1:20:34), in the process exceeding his “A” goal of 2:45 in the process (very neat, G!). Other alumni: Omar Perez (2:54:58) and John Keenan (3:11:24) had strong races in the wind of the Windy City.

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