After bonking over the final 10K at the 2011 New York City marathon, Bobby Curtis today demonstrated that he's got a good methodology for running even splits over the marathon distance. Curtis finished a very solid 10th at the 67th Fukuoka International Marathon in 2:13:24 (a 3:20 PR) after running splits of 1:06:04 and 1:07:20 (compare that to his debut marathon at the 2011 NYC marathon: splits of 1:05:23 + 1:11:21 = 2:16.44).
Full Results with splits are HERE.
Top 30 Finishers 2013 Fukuoka Marathon
Pl. No. Name Half Result 1 72 MATHATHI, Martin 1:03:51 2:07:16 2 21 GITAU, Joseph 1:03:51 2:09:00 3 23 KAWAUCHI, Yuki 1:03:48 2:09:05 4 3 SZOST, Henryk 1:03:49 2:09:37 5 29 TAKADA, Chiharu 1:03:49 2:10:39 6 5 COOLSAET, Reid 1:04:11 2:11:24 7 26 MOGUSU, Mekubo 1:03:51 2:12:03 8 4 LAMDASSEM, Ayad 1:04:26 2:12:31 9 28 SASAKI, Satoru 1:03:49 2:13:12 10 58 CURTIS, Robert 1:06:04 2:13:24 11 52 MOREAU, Ben 1:06:44 2:15:52 12 71 ARAI, Hironori 1:05:36 2:16:04 13 25 MATSUMIYA, Takayuki 1:03:49 2:16:16 14 51 TRUJILLO, Carlos 1:08:17 2:17:48 15 63 MATSUMOTO,Sho 1:05:04 2:18:13 16 76 MORI, Takaki 1:08:18 2:18:17 17 56 MARTIN, Brendan 1:09:09 2:18:28 18 75 SAKAMOTO, Takaya 1:09:19 2:19:34 19 65 YAMAMOTO, Yasuyuki 1:07:35 2:20:51 20 88 HAYASAKA, Koji 1:09:58 2:21:45 21 62 KODA, Takaaki 1:04:26 2:21:45 22 57 LUIS BARRIOS, Juan 1:03:51 2:21:47 23 143 ISHII, Kenichi 1:11:07 2:22:04 24 102 HIGASHI, Toru 1:09:18 2:22:46 25 66 GOKAYA, Koji 1:04:32 2:23:00 26 7 CRAGG, Alistair 1:04:25 2:23:05 27 98 YAMASAKI, Takemaru 1:09:59 2:23:21 28 201 AKIYAMA, Taiyo 1:09:59 2:23:40 29 106 ISOMURA, Shunsuke 1:10:14 2:23:43 30 82 FUJINAGA, Hiroki 1:07:08 2:23:53
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| The marathon started and finished on the track |
Here are Curtis's 5K splits:
1st 5K: 15:33 2nd 5K: 15:39 3rd 5K: 15:41 4th 5K: 15:38 5th 5K: 15:43 6th 5K: 15:44 7th 5K: 15:46 8th 5K: 16:25 Last 2.2K: 7:13
Interestingly, Ireland's (and the University of Arkansas') Alistair Cragg made his marathon debut today at Fukuoka and he succumbed to a familiar collapse over the final stages of the race. Cragg is a superb talent to be sure (witness a 5000 meter PR of 13:03.53 and a 1:00:49 PR over the half-marathon distance), but debut marathons are tricky business (as Curtis knows from 2011 in New York). Cragg led Curtis by almost 2 minutes at the halfway mark today, but finished 10 minutes behind Curtis at the end. Here are Cragg's 5K splits: notice that Cragg covered the final 12.2 kilometers in 50:09, compared to 39:24 for Curtis):
1st 5K: 15:14 2nd 5K: 15:08 3rd 5K: 15:16 4th 5K: 15:18 5th 5K: 15:44 6th 5K: 16:16 7th 5K: 17:44 8th 5K: 22:31 Last 2.2K: 9:54
Other noteworthy results:
6. Reid Coolsaet 2:11:24 11. Ben Moreau 2:15:52 17. Brendan Martin 2:18:28 26. Alistair Cragg 2:23:05 127. Clint Verran 2:32:30 DNF Mark Kenneally ---
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