A man from Nashua just finished the Chicago Marathon with the world’s best time for Special Athletes. It was quicker than Thomas Cantara expected, but he was just getting started. “If someone had told me years ago, I would have Cantara say, ‘The reality is that I’ve come further than I thought I could, and the marathon has given me a new perspective on life in a way. That’s it, and I want other people to think they want to try the marathon to see it from my point of view and achieve more than they think they can imagine.” It was his 20th marathon. , but even this seasoned athlete said he hit a wall at a distance of 21 miles. He said his experience helped him through. “I just tell myself I’m almost there, this is a walk in the park, keep a comfortable pace the rest of the way if I have to,” Cantara said. faster than Cantara expected, taking just 2 hours 36 minutes and 28 seconds to complete the 26.2 miles – a pace faster and averaging 6 minutes a mile, 6 minutes faster than her previous personal record him and good enough for 261. Cantara said antara’s next race is to run even faster. He hopes he can improve his time even more.
A man from Nashua just finished the Chicago Marathon with the world’s best time for Special Athletes.
It was quicker than Thomas Cantara expected, but he was just getting started.
“If someone had told me years ago that I was going to run these days, I would have thought they were crazy,” Cantara said. a new outlook on life in a certain way and I want other people who think they want to try running a marathon will see it from my point of view and achieve more then they think they can imagine. statue. ”
It was his 20th marathon, but even the seasoned runner said he hit a wall 21 miles away.
He said his experience helped him through.
Cantara said: “I just told myself I was almost there, this is a walk in the park, keep a comfortable pace the rest of the way if I have to.
That speed was even faster than Cantara expected.
It took just 2 hours, 36 minutes and 28 seconds to complete the 26.2 miles – a faster pace and an average of 6 minutes.
It was 6 minutes faster than his previous personal record and good enough for a 261st place out of 40,000 expected runners.
As for what’s next, Cantara said he wants to run even faster.
“Just always try to do what I have and make it better in every race,” Cantara said.
Cantara’s next race is the Boston Marathon.
He hopes he can improve his time even more.
