During opening ceremonies to the Flying Pig Marathon, new PigWorks President and CEO Doug Olberding declared that it was “no excuses weather” in Cincinnati.
A cool, semi-soggy and overcast Sunday provided the perfect atmosphere for runners to break records.
In the half-marathon, champions Jonathan Harley and Maddy Trevisan each set course records.
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Harley, who runs for Cincinnatus Elite, defended his half-marathon title. After crossing the tape in 1:10:40 last spring, Harley set his sights on the course record.
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“After getting first last year it was like, ‘what’s next?’ So, I set myself the goal to come back, do it again, then I looked up the course record and it was 68:30,” Harley said. “That was the goal I set for myself this year.”
With the help of coaching from a former teammate over the last few months, Harley shaved nearly three minutes off his 2024 time, finishing in a course-record 1:07:44. Bobby Ganser came in second.
“Consistency. Getting out there and running every day,” Harley said of his training to repeat. “I think last year I was dealing with some injuries. I knew I had it in me. I knew I could get there if I just put the work in. That was always different this year.”
In her first Flying Pig Paycor Half Marathon, Detroit native Maddy Trevisan took first place in a new course record of 1:19:50. She broke Madeline Britton’s previous record from 2018 by 18 seconds.
“It was great. I kind of knew what to expect. I had a lot of people warn me about that big hill. I run that area a lot so I knew that would be the toughest part. Then the downhill, if you run it right, that can carry you a little bit,” Trevisan said.
Trevisan ran at the University of Michigan before moving to Cincinnati in 2023 to work for Procter & Gamble. She works alongside decorated half-marathoner Eric Gruenbacher, who got third place on Sunday.
“He does such a great job of balancing, work, kids and running. It kind of inspired me, like, ‘Why not try to train and see what I can do?’” Trevisan said.
She said she wasn’t expecting to win, but on a perfect day for running, she stayed within herself and ended up surprising herself. Trevisan came in third place in the 2024 Flying Pig 10K and her brother, Nick, completed the 2024 half-marathon in 1:34:10.
“He and I have been running together for a long time,” Trevisan said.
Three-time Olympian and former 3,000-meter steeplechase American record holder Jenny Simpson took second place in 1:21:30. Tricia Hengehold rounded out the top three with a time of 1:22:42.
