Strech Benchmarks

I have no plans to try this, but an interesting stretch goal for various distances would be the pace required to qualify for the Boston Marathon as a 45 year old Male. That pace is exactly 8:00/M. Here are the finishing times at that pace for various races:

• 3:30 Marathon
• 1:45 Half Marathon
• 1:20 10M (Crim)
  
• 49:46 10k
• 24:53 5k

I think my next race should be a 10k, and it would be great to run one on the same day as my pals in Manchester, UK. That's May 16, and there is one at Oakland U just south of here.

For giggles, here are the dates of the next several runnings of the Boston Marathon (my age on race day is in parenthesis):

• Monday, April 18, 2011 (43)
• Monday, April 16, 2012 (43)
• Monday, April 15, 2013 (44)
• Monday, April 21, 2014 (46)*
• Monday, April 20, 2015 (47)
• Monday, April 18, 2016 (48)

*this is the first year I will be eligible for the 3:30 qualifying time; note that two of these races are on my birthday!