Jackie Winning Go! Marathon
The Runnababez had a great weekend at the St. Louis Go! Marathon this past Sunday. Jackie Pirtle-Hall & Amy Marxkors hit the roads for a 26.2 mile venture of the streets of St. Louis with several thousand other runners. Going out under control and running very even, Jackie quickly developed an early lead. As the race continued to unfold while the wind and weather worsened, Jackie still had a smile on her face as she climbed the Market Street hill. Despite running into a wicked headwind over the last several miles, she made it look easy. Working off the cheering from fellow runner friends, she crossed the finish line, with her second GO! St. Louis marathon title (also won in 2012) in a time of 2:49!
Amy set out on Sunday morning to take down her marathon PR. While Jackie was owning the course, Amy was running one heck of a race herself. Settling into a nice even pace rhythm she found herself on goal pace as she started back from Forest Park. Running up Market into the wind, Amy gave everything she had and came away with a new marathon PR of 3:09! Good enough to earn her a top 10 spot finishing as the 6th woman overall.
Both Runnababez as they crossed the finish line donned backward hats…Not planned. Coincidence? No, probably not. When a Runnababez digs deep, a hat might go backwards, gloves thrown off, bottles dropped, necklaces torn off, shirts ripped off, grunting might be heard, and smoke blowing through a snout, or as a quote has been mentioned numerous times while watching a Runnababez dig deep in a race.. “Sh#t is about to get real! ”
What will be next for the Runnababez? The question is more like, what won’t be next for this group of Runnababez?!
Fun. Fast. Fabulous!
Check out the article on Jackie’s win from STL Today.
STL Today Article – Jackie Wins Go!
Before the Marathon , Game time!
Amy mid marathon
Jackie running up Market to the win!
