The Pilgrimage Track Club focus each year is the running of the Boston Marathon with emphasis on the team competition.  The holy grail is the BAA Team Award.  We hope to field a complete men's and women's team and begin to add master's teams each year.  We welcome new members who want to help us on this quest.  JOIN US!    Send your inquiry to: bcordts@midsouth.rr.com 

THE BIG HOT ONE

BOSTON 2004

April 19, 2004, Boston, MA -  We woke up to a glorious, overcast, foggy, 48 degrees in Boston, near the Boston Commons where the school buses lined up to take the Pilgrimage Track Club and thousands of other runners to Hopkinton for the start of the 108th Boston Marathon.  Surely the weather man had it wrong.  Surely it would not reach even the 70s on such a perfect day.....

    When we arrived in Hopkinton at nearing 10 a.m., it was already sunny and comfortable.  That is a very bad sign.  It is good to be cold this early before the marathon.  The start of the race was 85 degrees and it stayed that way even into the city where is normally drops in temperature.  It was in a word, BRUTAL.  I have never hurt so badly in any running event in my life.  My sub-three hour Boston streak was over.  All of the Pilgrims had a grim day, some more than others.....

Pilgrims with happy looks ready for battle - the unkown factor - how hot would it get? Jerry Hickey, Jeff Haushalter, Joel Lyons, Brenda Walton, B. Cordts. photo by Cookie Cordts    

Boston Marathon Link: http://www.bostonmarathon.com

Boston Team 2004

Men:

Bradley J. Cordts - registered.

Joel Lyons - registered.

Jeff Haushalter - registered.

Kevin Phillips - registered.

Women:

Brenda Walton - registered

Ashley Spriggs - registered

How do I verify that I am registered?

A list of all accepted participants will be posted on the Boston Marathon website beginning in October, 2003. At that time, please go to our site and check that your name is listed. If your name is not there, please call 508-435-6905, or send an email. A confirmation card will be mailed approximately four weeks after your entry form is received. A number pick-up card will be mailed in early April.

PILGRIMAGE TRACK CLUB BOSTON MARATHON TEAM RECORDS

Women's club records

Best TEAM Place:  2001 - 26th place

Best Team Time:  2001 11:54:24 Robyn Hagadorn 3:45:40* - Pamela Unger Jock 4:01:36 - Judy Cunningham 4:07:09

Best Women's Place: 2003 KATHY NEISES, Madison, SD 148th women/2110 overall

Men's Club Records:

Best TEAM Place:  2004 - 19th place (B. Cordts, K. Phillips, J. Hickey, J. Haushalter)

Best Team Time:  8:46:38 - 2002 - John Geiger 2:49:32; B. Cordts 2:53:35; Danny Greer 3:03:31

Best Individual Time:  B. Cordts 2:43:57 (chip) 2:44:07 official 2000

Best Men's individual place:  B. Cordts 228th- 2000

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Boston Marathon Link: http://www.bostonmarathon.com

BOSTON MARATHON TEAM 2003

Open Men's Team 2003

Rusty (1750) holds off five at the finish and gets one more on the line.  (The finish is not really down hill - a little tilt by Cookie's neighbor on the fence gives the illusion of a down hill dash - photo by Cookie (c) 2003

-----Original Message-----
From: Bradley Cordts [mailto:bcordts@midsouth.rr.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 10:34 PM
To: Mile27
Subject: Chip time 2003

BAA:

My bib number was 1750 for 2003 race.  The reported results show my time same for gun time and chip time - which is not accurate.  I was at least 20 seconds off the line in bin number 1 by my watch as I was near the back of the bin.  Any explanation for this?  The official time is accurate, the chip time is off.

 

Thanks - and thanks again for the greatest race on earth.

 

Bradley J. Cordts

Open Women's Team 2003

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REGISTRATION OPENS UP ONLINE ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2002, with a field limit of 20,000.  Check out the web site:  www.bostonmarathon.com. 

 Pilgrimage Boston headquarters will be Swissotel as first choice from Marathon Tours.  I have sent in my first night's deposit already.  Go to http://www.marathontour.com 

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Steps to get into the greatest race on earth and then to excel

 First, you must qualify.  Please do not buy a number from the AMA or get a charity number.  That is in a way cheating those who work hard to do it right.  There are lots of group hugs, and these standards aren't that bad if you train.  It is not supposed to be easy.  This is the Super Bowl of running!

Age            Men:                                     Women:

18-34             3:10                                   3:40

35-39             3:15                                   3:45

40-44            3:20                                    3:50

45-49            3:30                                   4:00

50-54            3:35                                    4:05

55-59            3:45                                    4:15

60-64            4:00                                    4:30

65-69            4:15                                    4:45

70-74           4:30                                     5:00

75-79           4:45                                     5:15

80-over        5:00                                     5:30

Chose a marathon that will yield a good time. Pay attention to your race selection.  Get yourself into Chicago.  They count the chip time, so you can even start in the back and have fun passing everyone over the course of 26.2 miles.  Remember:  the race is only half over at 20 miles.  Make sure you train, and get it in early in the fall but after October 1 since that gets you into two years of Boston Marathons.  Then you will have all winter to get ready for Boston and in case something happens, you have a second shot in the bank for the next year. 

Learn the race history.  Go right now and order Tom Derderian's book Boston Marathon Centennial Edition published by Human Kinetics. 1-800-747-4457.  This book will get you through 1995, but it is so rich in detail and description, that you will be able to build ably on your knowledge of the race.

More details coming.... watch here.

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Judy Cunningham, Robyn "Sparky" Hagadorn, Charles Manahan and B. Cordts waiting for the Bus 2001

FUN BOSTON FACTS

Fenway Park is actually the second home for the Sox. In 1901, the Boston Pilgrims became one of the charter members of the fledgling American League. The Pilgrims played ball at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, now a part of Northeastern University's campus.

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ROCKET ROD

Photo by Cookie Cordts (c) 2001

Rod DeHaven holds off South Africa's Laban Nkete to finish 6th in 2:12:41 and as first American at Boston 2001.   DeHaven then went on to Chicago on October 7, 2001, to knock a minute off his PR to finish 6th (1st American) there as well in 2:11:40.  Will Boston 2002 play into Rod's plans?   Rod lost his Germantown Half Marathon record in 2002; will he make an appearance at the 2003 Germantown Half Marathon to set things straight? 

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2002 BOSTON Pilgrimage Team Results: