Congrats to @mburns1214 on his 2:59:59 marathon!

Posted on September 19, 2009 by Thomas Powell

You can’t nail your goal time any better than this.  His goal was 2:59:59, and hit it squarely on the head–a hefty 6:42 off of his October 2008 PR of 3:06:41.

Read his race report here:  dailymile | Mike B.: Workout posted 09/19/09.

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