2018 New York City Marathon Club Records Update
We were anticipating big things from Joelle Reeves in her first marathon and she shattered all expectations. Unshackled from the jogging stroller for a couple hours, she debuts at sixth on the list with 3:05:48. If anyone wants some of the secret sauce I’m sure Ben and Joelle would be happy to let you babysit for a few loops of the park.
It seemed obvious enough that Jana Trenk was ready to go under three hours after running 3:03 headlong into a near-freezing nor’easter in Boston this spring but she still needed some convincing. Towards the end of the training cycle she ran a five mile tempo at faster than sub-3 pace that flew by so effortlessly that she thought she’d only run three miles. And yet she still asked if she should target 3:01 or 3:02. Her dad tried for years to run sub-3 but never quite got there so the number held special significance growing up in the Trenk household. Fortunately she cast aside her doubts and ran an almost perfectly executed 2:59:48 that improves her place on the records board to fourth and cements her place as the fastest Trenk ever.
In the start village Ted Brakob made peace with a nemesis from NBR who bested him at several Al Goldstein 5ks this summer. They both had similar goals and talked about running the marathon together to keep each other honest. The howitzer fired and the nemesis took off hard up the Verrazano Bridge only to be reeled back in while looping around the Western Beef in the Bronx. Ever the magnanimous Minnesotan, Ted shouted out some words of encouragement but didn’t stick around as he put two minutes on the nemesis and improved his place on the records board to eighth with 2:40:43. It’s only four seconds from seventh place but I trust he’ll find more than four seconds to spare in his next marathon.
Thank you to Katie Dadarria for the wonderful pictures!
Women's Marathon
Helen Dole
2013 Chicago Marathon
2:58:11
Andrea Imhof
2014 NYC Marathon
2:58:18
Karen Ziga
2013 Philadelphia Marathon
2:58:49
Jana Trenk
2018 NYC Marathon
2:59:48
Maria Elena Quintana
2015 NYC Marathon
3:01:10
Joelle Reeves
2018 NYC Marathon
3:05:48
Aisha Qamar
2017 Berlin Marathon
3:06:16
Regina Cahill
1982 NYC Marathon
3:06:41
Claire Dougherty
1980 Jersey Shore Marathon
3:07:23
Sarah Scott
2010 NYC Marathon
3:08:04
Melissa Scharer
1992 Boston Marathon
3:08:21
Mary Johnston
2018 Boston Marathon
3:08:26
Moko Hirayama
2002 NYC Marathon
3:08:32
Missy Burgin
2014 Chicago Marathon
3:08:49
Madison Ellingson
2016 Revel Canyon City
3:09:00
Men's Marathon
Brian O'Dowd
1981 NYC Marathon
2:27:22
Henry Murphy
1979 Boston Marathon
2:32:27
Pieter Bezuidenhout
2003 Chicago Marathon
2:36:20
Carl Fiorillo
1981 NYC Marathon
2:37:42
Jimmy Kelly
1983 NYC Marathon
2:38:09
Art Senior
1984 NYC Marathon
2:39:40
Eric Walther
1976 NYC Marathon
2:40:40
Ted Brakob
2018 NYC Marathon
2:40:43
Howard Basis
1976 NYC Marathon
2:40:52
Victor Zamora
1998 NYC Marathon
2:42:18
Charles Keith
1980 NYC Marathon
2:44:16
Shan Haq
2016 Steamtown Marathon
2:44:40
William McMahon
1979 NYC Marathon
2:44:49
Rafael Bordonaba
1982 NYC Marathon
2:45:58
Frank Noll
1984 Penn Relays Marathon
2:46:06