Spring Marathon Contest 2012

[Chachi]

This is a last minute Spring Marathon pool. This is strictly fun and all are encouraged to participate. (I will throw in two beer's and a pizza slice to the winner on a Tuesday if you show up! - Chachi)

Pick marathon times for any 5 people. The difference in the actual CHIP (not gun) time and your guess will be calculated as a percentage of the actual time. This gives more of a fair playing field to the fast and slow runners. Top 4 percentages count (drop the lowest.) Winner gets bragging rights. Please post your picks here on the forum or send me a private message. All picks need to be in by midnight (EST) the day before the start of the race. You can pick some picks from an early marathon and then add additional picks for a later marathon (and you can pick yourself if you want). But, remember the appropriate deadline for each one.

Good luck to all.

Note: You can’t pick DNS or DNF. If a person DNF's or DNS’s, they will just be given a number of 50% for that person.) If I missed anyone, please post or let me know.

Boston marathon (April 16):
Men's Open Team
1 Ding, Josh (4173)
2 Huffman, Leonard (7084)
3 Macasieb, Arland B (4363)
4 Ploeg, John (898)
5 Walsh, Brian W. (1033)

Women's Open Team
1 Carlson, Zsuzsanna (12486)
2 Jo, Yoshiko (12983)
3 Takeichi, Aya (10310)
4 Castrataro, Lynn (19943)
5 Ding, Tara (16388)
6 Postallian, Marcia A. (20239)

Men's Masters Team
1 Burke, Rich (185)
2 Della Serra, Rocco N (1382)
3 Helmer, Richard (18776)
4 Lamanna, Thomas (2445)
5 Lass, Barry (1202)
6 Leitz, Karl (8771)
7 Mori, Yoshitomo (6568)
8 Negoro, Yukihiko (6349)
9 Nyhan, Mark V (7358)
10 Zalan, Bill (7984)


Others:
Carl Weaver

New Jersey Shore marathon (May 6)
Stephanie Buske

Flying Pig Marathon (May 6)
Will DeRoberts
Sue DeRoberts

Please let me know of others that are running.

Thanks,

Chachi

[will]

Susan & I are running Flying Pig in Cincinnati -WKRB - on May 6th
BQ 2013 or bust for me

[Barry]

Let's get the ball rolling:

Ploeg: 2:45
Walsh: 2:46
Rocco: 2:54
Suzanne: 3:23
Nyhan: 2:59

[suzanne]

Tony Kharitonov running Gansett on april 14th. Will, good luck to you guys!!

Brian Walsh: 2:45
Rocco: 2:51
Rich Burke: 2:29
Tony at Gansett: 2:50
Karl Leitz: 3:02

[doug_c]

Burke 2:49:58
Macaseib 3:01:32
Lass 3:05:59
Della Serra 3:09:52
ZS 3:39:01

All pessimistic due to the weather forecast, please prove me wrong folks.

Update - here's the forecast as of Saturday- I've revised my predictions accordingly. 87, heck. The record is 84.

[carl]

Given that the weather is pushing 70 and humid.

Rich 2:34
Rocco 2:55
Mark 3:12
Bill 3:20
Zsuzsanna 3:26

Carl

[Chachi]

Note: Sunday night at 8:30 PM I'm adding time to everybody. Sorry and good luck. The say the weatherman is wrong 50% of the time. lets hope for snow.

1 Ding, Josh (4173) 3:09:55
2 Huffman, Leonard (7084) 3:19:14
3 Macasieb, Arland B (4363) 3:14:26
4 Ploeg, John (898) 2:54:41
5 Walsh, Brian W. (1033) 2:49:46 *

Women's Open Team
1 Carlson, Zsuzsanna (12486) 3:30:24
2 Jo, Yoshiko (12983) 3:31:26
3 Takeichi, Aya (10310) 3:28:22
4 Castrataro, Lynn (19943) 4:05:55
5 Ding, Tara (16388) 3:58:48
6 Postallian, Marcia A. (20239) 4:09:45

Men's Masters Team
1 Burke, Rich (185) 2:38:55*
2 Della Serra, Rocco N (1382) 3:00:05*
3 Helmer, Richard (18776) 4:21:55
4 Lamanna, Thomas (2445) 3:11:15 *
5 Lass, Barry (1202) 2:56:05 *
6 Leitz, Karl (8771) 3:20:25
7 Mori, Yoshitomo (6568) 3:25:59
8 Negoro, Yukihiko (6349) 3:25:55
9 Nyhan, Mark V (7358) 3:11:06
10 Zalan, Bill (7984) 3:27:22

Others:
Carl Weaver 3:42:45

New Jersey Shore marathon (May 6)
Stephanie Buske 4:04:04

Flying Pig Marathon (May 6)
Will DeRoberts 3:58:45 (3:26:26 if he doesn’t run with Sue)
Sue DeRoberts 3:58:45

Gansett on april 14th.
Tony Kharitonov 2:58:55

The *'s are my official picks. Good luck to all. May the wind be at your back...

[will]

Barry 2:53:03
Rocco 2:58:32
Zs 3:33:33
John P 2:50:01
Bill Z 3:32:32

[Chachi]

John Ploeg- 2:52
Brian Walsh- 2:55
Barry Lass- 2:57
Rocco Della Serra- 2:58
Mark Nyhan- 3:12

The above picks are for Nick S. who e-mailed them to me.

[Hillary]

Sorry about the heat! Times reflect this, of course.
Brian Walsh: 2:56
Barry: 3:00
Rocco:3:04
Zs:3:34
R. Burke: 2:49

[Chachi]

Norbey G. has texted me his predictions at 11:51 AM. (After the race start and after the deadline last night) A decision will be made by management if he wins (but he picked a runner who didn't even start).

Brian Walsh 2:46:48
John Ploeg 2:49:13
Barry Lass 2:51:49
Rocco D. 2:55:46
Mark N. 3:04:52

[Karl]

A little late, but here are my guesses.

Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon (April 28)
Yoshiko Jo 3:43:02

Big Sur Marathon (April 29)
Mark Nyhan 3:17:55

New Jersey Shore marathon (May 6)
Stephanie Buske 4:05:30

Flying Pig Marathon (May 6)
Will DeRoberts 3:37:20
Susan DeRoberts 3:59:31