Here are results from races since I began eating a Fruitarian Diet in January 2008:

2008:

2/10: Bronx 1/2 Marathon: 1:17.29, 12th Overall

2/2: Napa Valley Marathon: 2:34.07, 2nd Overall (PR)

3/30: 10km Central Park NYC 35:30, 30th Overall

4/22: Boston Marathon: 2:35.3, 93rd Overall

7/6 Calgary Marathon: 2:39.23, 3rd Overall

7/23 Ironman Lake Placid New York: 10:10.57, 79th Overall

9/28 Toronto Marathon: 2:32.34, 26th Overall (PR)

10/11 Ironman Hawaii World Championships: 11:36.32 1011th Overall (fun run)

11/2 NYC Marathon: 2:31.49, 48th Overall (PR)

11/9 NYC X-C 3.0mile Race Van Cortlandt Park

11/15 Knickerbocker 60km Ultra Marathon NYC: 4:32.07, 1st Place Overall

11/22 JFK 50 mile Ultra Marathon: 6:24.36, 5th Overall

11/30 NYC X-C 15km in Van Cortlandt Park: 56.03, 1st Overall

2009:

1/25 Bronx 1/2 Marathon NYC: 1:18.23, 27th Overall

2/8 NYC 1/2 Marathon: 1:15.21, 8th Overall

3/1 5km NYC (Coogan's): 16:04, 32nd Overall

4/20 Boston Marathon: 2:35.30, 110th Overall

5/3 New Jersey Marathon: 2:38.54, 1st Overall

5/30 Brooklyn Half Marathon NYC: 1:11.47, 7th Overall (PR)

6/13 NYC Central Park 10km: 32:48, 2nd Overall (PR)

6/28 NYC Central Park 5mile: 27:31, 10th Overall

10/11 Chicago Marathon: 2:35.01, 118th Overall

11/1 NYC Marathon: 2:35.34, 148th Overall

11/8 Harrisburg,PA Marathon: 2:32.17, 1st Overall

11/21 JFK 50 Mile Ultra Marathon: 5:50.58, 2nd Overall (PR)

12/6 Palm Beach Marathon 2:30.59, 2nd Overall (PR)

2010:

3/7 Napa Valley Marathon: 2:31.26, 1st Overall

3/21 NYC Half Marathon: 1:10.56, 38th Overall (PR)

3/28 NYC 15K Central Park: 50.29, 2nd Overall

4/3 NYC 10K Central Park: 32.55, 23rd Overall

4/10 USA 100km National Championships (Madison, WI): 7:27.46, 5th Overall

4/19 Boston Marathon: 2:28.29, 57th Overall (PR)

4/26 Sybil Ludington 50km: 3:30.52, 1st Overall

5/2 New Jersey Marathon: 2:37.53, 1st Overall (85F, full sun and 85% humidity- HOT! Race Report)

5/8 NorthFace 50 Mile Ultra Marathon (Bear Mt. NY): 8:00.30, 5th Overall (insane technical course! Race Report)

6/19 Joe Kleinerman 12-Hour (Queens NY) 73.6 miles, 2nd overall

6/26 Western States 100 Mile: DNF 20 hours 30 minutes, mile 85.2 (had a terrible race! hamstring pull at mile 35! Race Report)

7/17  Vermont 100 Mile Ultra Marathon: 5th overall, 17 hours 12 minutes Race Report

7/24 New York Road Runner's Queens Half Marathon: 1:28 (85F, ate too much before the race, bombed)

7/28 Central Park 10km: 34:13 (89F HOT!) GPS Data 

7/30 Around the Lake 12 Hour (In Massachussets): 61.59 miles GPS Data 

8/4 Times Square NYC to the top of Bear Mt. 62.76 miles (fat ass race) GPS Data 

8/7 New York Road Runner's 5 Mile Team Championships (Central Park) 27:04 (5:24 per mile) 55th overall

Note: I've been running 180-210 miles a week for the last 2 months!

8/14 Leadville Colorado 10km (starting elevation 10,200ft.  590ft of climbing in race): 38:42, 1st overall (6:14 per mile)

8/21 Leadville Colorado 100 Mile Ultra Marathon (16,000ft of climbing and 16,000 ft of decent.  Got lost, ran more than 100 miles!) 22:48, 31st overall

8/24 Sri Chinmoy Marathon (Rockland State Park New York): 2:39.41, 1st Overall (yes I won this marathon in a fast time just 2 days after running the Leadville 100 mile ultra marathon!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Here were my PR's prior to starting my Fruitarian Diet in January 2008.

Note: I have been running competitively since High School

Mile: 4:36 (High School)

3200meter: 9:44 (High School)

5km: 15:46 (19 years old)

10km: 36:50 (19 years old)

1/2 marathon: 1:18 (20 years old)

marathon: 2:45* (I ran this time many times from 20 years to 30 years old),

*At the age of 30, I tried a calorie restriction/Atkins diet and ran 2:34.19, but immediately thereafter had a debilitating tibia stress fracture which sidelined me for 8 months.

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Since adopting a Fruitarian Diet I have set or improved on the following PR's:

10km: 32:48 (NYC Central Park, Rolling Hills)           

Here is my GPS data on this race:     

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Gender/ Age

Distance (miles)

Gun Time

Net Time

Pace/ Mile

Overall Place

Gender Place

Age Place

Age- Graded %

 

NYRR Dash 10K  June 13, 2009

M32

6.2

32:48

5:17

2

2

2

82.5 %

 

15km: 50:29 (NYC Central Park, rolling hills)

Here is my GPS data on this race:

Gender/ Age

Team

Distance (miles)

Gun Time

Net Time

Pace/ Mile

Overall Place

Gender Place

Age Place

Age- Graded

 

Colon Cancer 15K Challenge  March 28, 2010

M33

New York, NY

9.3

50:29

5:25

2

2

2

81.9 %

 

1/2 Marathon: 1:10.56 (NYC 1/2 Marathon Central Park to lower Manhattan

Gender/ Age

Distance (miles)

Gun Time

Net Time

Pace/ Mile

Overall Place

Gender Place

Age Place

Age- Graded %

 

2010 NYC Half-Marathon  March 21, 2010

M33

13.1

1:10:56

05:25

37

33

9

83.63

 

Marathon: 2:28.29 (2010 Boston Marathon)

Here is my GPS Garmin data on this race:

1069	Arnstein, Michael	33	M	New York	NY	USA
Checkpoints 5k 10k 15k 20k Half 25k 30k 35k 40k 0:17:01 0:34:52 0:52:35 1:10:21 1:14:13 1:28:07 1:45:55 2:03:26 2:20:52 Finish Pace Projected Time Official Time Overall Gender Division 0:05:40   2:28:29 57 55 51

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50 Mile: 5:50.58 (2009 JFK 50 Mile. Course:single track technical/hills, flat dirt road, and asphalt road)

I placed 2nd Overall, 45 seconds behind the winner.  My 5:50.58 time is the 4th fastest time ever recorded in the 47 year history of this race.

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100km: 7:27 (2010 USA National Championships, Mad City Madison Wisconsin

I placed 5th overall.

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100mile: 17 hours 12 minutes (vermont 100mile trail ultramarathon 2010 I placed 5th overall.