News from the 2014 Stockholm Marathon

The Belgian Beast did work today!  Below are splits for my friend, Johan Ghillebert, who ran the Stockholm Marathon today! This was his first sub 3hr marathon! His pace was astoundingly even through most of the race! I'm super proud of him! He's been working hard for this. Who won the race? I dunno. All that matters is Johan has entered into the realm of the sub 3hr marathoner! Yup, 2:59:00. Please note, he was in 762nd position at the 5k split. Midway, had moved up 157places, and then lowered the boom on another 272 runners until in the 2nd half of the race! He passed an average of 11.5 runners for every 1k from 5k-42k. 

Here is a photo of Johan from today, crushing it...Why? He has a beard, and follows training plans like a smart runner does. 
 Three cheers for Johan and Beards!

Split	time of day	time	diff	min/km	km/h	place
5K	12.21.14	0.20.57	20.57	04.12	14.32	762
10K	12.42.20	0.42.03	21.06	04.14	14.22	662
15K	13.03.23	1.03.06	21.03	04.13	14.25	635
20K	13.24.30	1.24.13	21.07	04.14	14.21	609
Half	13.29.08	1.28.50	04.37	04.13	14.24	605
25K	13.45.41	1.45.23	16.33	04.15	14.15	529
30K	14.06.59	2.06.42	21.19	04.16	14.08	468
35K	14.28.20	2.28.03	21.21	04.17	14.05	376
40K	14.49.43	2.49.26	21.23	04.17	14.03	335
Finish	14.59.17	2.59.00	09.34	04.22	13.77	333