Sacramento Running News

Folsom’s Kevin Pool Takes Second at Philadelphia Marathon

November 21, 2011 By: John Blue Category: General Running News, Road Races

Kevin Pool at the 2010 San Diego Half (Photo courtesy of Kevin Pool)

Local speedster Kevin Pool stormed Philadelphia this weekend and wound up taking 2nd overall in the Philadelphia Marathon–just 6-seconds behind Ethiopia’s Folisho Tuko.

Tuko’s winning time was 2:19:16.

The winning woman was Mariska Kramer, of the Netherlands, in 2:35:46.

Although his 2:19:22 was a personal best for Pool, he was probably a little disappointed to finish a scant 22-seconds over the Olympic Marathon Trials qualifying time of 2:19:00.

Complete race results are here.

Tags: folisho tuko, kevin pool, marathon, mariska kramer, philadelphia, results

3 Comments to “Folsom’s Kevin Pool Takes Second at Philadelphia Marathon”

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   Michelle says:

   November 22, 2011 at 6:03 am

   Kevin’s pr is now a 2:19:22.

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   JohnBlue says:

   November 22, 2011 at 6:15 am

   Good catch. (I changed the time.) Interestingly, I caught and fixed it last night as I was proofing it. Not sure how that still slipped through. One of these days, I’m going to be able to afford a proof-reader.

   Congratulations to Kevin for a fine run!

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   Geoff Butler says:

   November 26, 2011 at 11:39 am

   An outstanding performance by Kevin!

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