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She would need to lop about 20 minutes from her personal-best result of 2 hours, 44 minutes to even have a shot of contending.

Racing With No Chance of Winning Scott Cacciola 2012

According to qualifying time rankings, Hall's personal-best time of 2:04:58 puts him so far ahead of the competition—0.86 miles, to be exact—that he could conceivably walk the last 0.2 miles to the finish and still win.

Beating the Competition by a Mile 2012

Just 69 days after his result in New York, he went out and won the trials in a personal-best time of 2 hours, 9 minutes, 8 seconds.

Holding Olympic Berth, Meb Preps for NYC Half Scott Cacciola 2012

But it also was a personal-best by five minutes, and Cassidy said it's "not outside the realm of possibilities" that he could drop another five minutes this weekend.

Racing With No Chance of Winning Scott Cacciola 2012

Meb Keflezighi, 36, has held his own in pacemaker marathons, but is more fond of championship-style racing, where he's shown an aptitude for outmaneuvering athletes with far superior personal-best times.

A Runner and His…Entourage? Scott Cacciola 2011

After a few wrong turns, some bad directions, and a personal-best 15 point turn on a road that our little bus had positively no business being on, we descended upon Dolpadere and a surfeit of mechanic garages before us.

Grif Peterson: The Mongol Rally: Zen and the Art of School Bus Maintenance Grif Peterson 2011

The seven-year veteran finished six catches short of his personal-best total set during the 2008 season.

Chris Cooley to have knee scoped Monday Jason Reid 2011

Meb Keflezighi, a 36-year-old American who finished sixth with a personal-best time of 2:09:13, watched it all play out with some wonderment.

Mutai Becomes New York's Fastest-Ever Finisher Scott Cacciola 2011

After the amputation, she set out on a path that's taken her through countless marathons (her personal-best finish is 3 hours, 4 minutes, 16 seconds), triathlons, Ironman triathlons and, in the last two years, some of the world's most extreme races.

Running down a dream: Leg amputee makes U.S. track team 2010

Beyond that, the Vandals lose a fifth senior, forward Luciano de Souza, who averaged 6.9 points and capped his career with a personal-best 20 points in the WAC tournament.

Western Athletic Conference 2010