Dr. Ryan Graddy

Time: 66:54
Distance: 8.96 miles
Pace: 7:28
Map

The future Dr. Ryan Graddy met Meagan and me over at my dad's place in Hillcrest. He might claim to be terribly out of shape but not too long ago he ran a killer marathon in Philadelphia. I never gave him the proper congratulations on the blog, so it's only fitting to do it now. Graddy finished Philly in 2:32:35 which earned him 17th place overall. It looks like after going through the half in 1:18:11 he started hammering the pace to finish with a second half of 1:14:24. That's a huge negative split and a great effort for his first marathon.

Former Brown runners have now run some pretty solid times at the marathon distance. I don't want to do all the research, but off the top of my head:
Jeff Gaudette - 2:22:02 (Chicago)
Nick Neely - 2:24:xx (Austin)
Pat Tarpy - 2:20:xx (NYC)
Ryan Graddy - 2:32:35 (Philly)
Owen Washburn - 2:36:02 (Austin)
Mike DeCoste - 2:34:39 (Eugene)
Me - 2:27:19 (OKC)

This morning the three of us ran through Balboa Park and found the Footlocker course. Ryan grew up in the area and has raced on the course several times during high school. Meagan and I could never find the exact location or the route on previous visits. It was nice to finally put that mission to rest. Dr. Graddy flies out early tomorrow morning and, unfortunately, we won't be able to run again. It was great to catch up during the run while we had the chance.