A day of Suprises at the Arc 1/2 Marathon.

The Groton Gophers had incredible day on September 9, 2006. All of us set our own Personal Records for a half marathon.

The Arc 1/2 Marathon in Long Branch Park, Liverpool NY is the place to set a Personal Record. The course is very flat, and very well run. This is the return of 3 of the Gophers to this course. Stephen Codner had an incredible run to lead the Gophers with a 1:39:46 (7:37/mile pace), followed by Ron Moores first Arc Half Marathon with a 1:41:16 (7:44/mile pace). Next came Steve Gallow with a 1:48:49 (8:19/mile pace). Ray Wagner who decided that working in California and not running for about a month would be his strategy came in with a 1:52:17 (8:35/mile pace)

A Good Time was had by all, and were looking very strong for a sub 4 hour marathon come October 1st at the Wine Glass Marathon.

Check out the slide show of our adventure.

Race the Train. August 2006. Adirondacks

In August the Gallow's went to the Adirondacks to hike Mountains, Spurlunk, Swim, Canoe, and attempt the gruling race called "Race the Train."

The whole purpose of this race, is to beat the train. Looking over previous years times, there was an outside change that Steve could do it. If he ran his best, and the train slacked off he might do it. A 8.4 mile course at a 7:50 was a possibility. Steve figured that a course near a train had to be fairly flat. (right) Oh contrair, the devious minds that came up with the race decided that the course should start with a 2 mile uphill, much of it on sand. The course from that point was either going up or down a hill. On top of it all the train comes in at a 7:41. Needless to say, neither one of the Gallow's beat the train. Judy did complete the most difficult race of her life, and she did GREAT!!!

Back to the marathon training for Steve. October 1st is coming fast.