Athlete Bios

Zack Holden

Men's Marathon

Qualifying Time: 2:16:54
Qualifying Race: 2023 CNO Financial Indianapolis Monumental Marathon

Zack Holden
Date of Birth

10/07/99

Age on Race Day

24

Current Residence

Washington, DC

Hometown

Vienna, VA

High School

James Madison High School

Current Affiliation

Pacers Running / Georgetown Running Club - New Balance

Profession

Digital Signal Processing Engineer

Marathon PB

2:16:54

Social Media
First Trials qualification

Yes

Number of attempts to qualify

1

College(s)

University of Virginia, Georgetown University

Career Highlights
6th; 2023 CNO Financial Indianapolis Monumental Marathon; 3rd, 2023 DC Half Marathon; 10th, 2022 AACR Philadelphia Marathon; 2nd, 2021 NIRCA Cross Country Mid-Atlantic Regional, Cross Country; 8th, 2019 NIRCA Cross Country National Championships; 2022 Boston Marathon
Greatest Accomplishment
Qualifying for the Trials.
Interesting Story
While getting cut from the JV baseball team may have dashed my childhood dreams of becoming a major-league outfielder, it certainly had a silver lining in jump-starting my competitive running career. In my junior year, I helped lead my high school cross country team to win their first state championship. I then continued on to the University of Virginia where I competed as a “D4” athlete for the club team, notably claiming multiple top-three regional finishes and one top-10 national finish as an individual. Around this time, I started running marathons. I not only fell in love with the event but also found decent success, closing out my collegiate career with an over 13-minute PR at the 126th Boston Marathon. After graduating, I joined GRC and had a series of breakthrough performances in every event from the 5K to the marathon, culminating in a successful OTQ attempt at the 2023 Indianapolis Marathon.
Favorite Book

The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears - Dinaw Mengestu

Favorite Movie

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Favorite TV Show/Series

Seinfeld

Favorite Song

"Walking at a Downtown Pace" - Parquet Courts

Favorite Post-race Indulgence

Pancakes

Favorite Breakfast

Black coffee, banana and a poppy seed bagel

Favorite Running Memory
Breaking 49 minutes in the 10-mile at the 2022 Broad Street Run