Adidas marathon series 2008

Last year I competed in the Adidas Frank Duffy 10 mile race and came 487th overall. I've been training non-stop since then and last Saturday I did the same race again and came 143rd taking nearly 11 minutes off my time (1:04:44 this year). You can see from the photos below that it wasn't an easy race to say the least :)

Frank Duffy 10 mile 2008

I ran with the guy on the left of the picture for about 3 miles before he lost me. I nearly caught him at the end though.

Frank Duffy 10 mile 2008

A sprint to the finish.

About a month ago I also did the Adidas 5 mile runner challenge and came 123rd (31:21).

Adidas 5 mile 2008

Next year I'll be setting my sights on the top 100...... Bring on the marathon.

On another note, the proof watermark is there because marathonfoto.com want €25 for each photo.... OUTRAGEOUS!!!!!

This entry was written by philroche and posted on August 20, 2008 at 6:08 pm and filed under General, running, training. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

3 Comments

  1. EK
    Posted August 22, 2008 at 11:04 am | Permalink

    Good work Phil. Think you need me to teach you how to sprint though. Pic 2 looks like either A) you’re doing the 25km walk or B) someones filled your trainers with lead and they’re clonking your feet to the road like big magnets!!!

    I’ll take you sprinting in Summerfiled at the w/e.

  2. philroche
    Posted August 22, 2008 at 11:34 am | Permalink

    It felt like B.

  3. Barry Wharton
    Posted August 28, 2008 at 12:05 pm | Permalink

    ha ha ha m8 train, feel the pain and then you gain!!!!!!!!!

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