Newton Running Athlete Christopher Zablocki Wins Miami Marathon
in 2:18
BOULDER, Colorado —February 1, 2017— Newton Running Athlete Christopher Zablocki, 28, of
Essex, Connecticut, won the Miami Marathon on January 29, 2017 in 2:18:15. A former
Dartmouth runner, Zablocki broke away at the 23-mile mark to defeat Kenyan runner-up Hillary
Too (2:19:42) and former two-time Miami Marathon winner Luis Carlos Rivero Gonzalez
(2:20:01) of Guatemala. Zablocki was wearing the Newton Running Distance Elite.
Zablocki has had a long and successful running career, running NCAA cross country and track
and field at Dartmouth and then moving into marathons. Between November 23, 2014, and
November 15, 2015, Zablocki ran 13 marathons, winning four, running two personal bests and
averaging 2:21:32. Zablocki broke 2:21 seven times in 2015. His personal best marathon is
2:15:39 at the Valencia (Spain) Marathon. In February 2016, Zablocki competed in the 2016 U.S.
Olympic Marathon Trials in Los Angeles. Zablocki has volunteered his time coaching a middle
school cross country and high school marathon team. He is currently finishing medical school.
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