Corey Mullins, the St. Luke\u2019s videographer who won the last two St. Luke\u2019s D&L Racefest marathons, is headed to Boston.<\/p>\n
Mullins, 27, will be running the 129th<\/sup>\u00a0Boston Marathon on Monday.<\/p>\n A member of the St. Luke\u2019s Media Production Services team, he qualified for the 2025 Boston race with his 2023 Racefest win in a time of 2 hours, 37 minutes, 2 seconds. He bettered that time last November, winning with a personal best 2:30:37.<\/p>\n \u201cBoston will be my third marathon,\u201d said Mullins, who won the St. Luke\u2019s Half Marathon (coming up on April 27) in 2023 with a time of 1:11:01.<\/p>\n Mullins, from Danbury, CT, ran track and cross country in high school, and at Muhlenberg College, where he set the school record in the 5-kilometer.<\/p>\n \u201cBoston is quite a different racecourse than St. Luke\u2019s Racefest,\u201d he said. \u201cThey are both net downhills, but once you hit the D&L trail, it was woods and 18 or 19 miles of quiet and solitude. In Boston, there is going to be a lot of cheering the entire way, and I don\u2019t know how I\u2019m going to react to that. I love running, but it\u2019s my thing to get away from the world, so I try to keep it not too serious. That way I can escape and relax.\u201d<\/p>\n Mullins understands the difficulty level of the Boston course and knows the legends surrounding \u201cHeartbreak Hill,\u201d an uphill climb at around Mile 20, and then the mile-long descent after it.<\/p>\n \u201cIn terms of goals, I\u2019d probably add about five minutes for the course, so if I can go sub-2:40, I\u2019d be happy,\u201d Mullins said. \u201cThis first time, I just want to soak it all in. I don\u2019t have any real expectations. The main thing is that I try to hit my paces and take it tactically and smoothly.\u201d<\/p>\n He trained briefly under the tutelage of four-time U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier Budd Coates a few years ago and still uses the rhythmic breathing method Coates championed for improving performance.<\/p>\n Mullins isn\u2019t sure if he wants to train for an Olympic Trials berth (either a 2:18 marathon or 1:03 half\u00a0<\/a>marathon).<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a big gap between what I run now and that. I think that if I dedicate myself to it, it\u2019s possible, but I\u2019ve never seriously considered it. I like to go fast, but I\u2019d really have to dial in. We\u2019ll see how Boston goes and where I\u2019m at.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n About St. Luke\u2019s<\/strong><\/p>\n Founded in 1872,\u00a0St. Luke\u2019s University Health Network<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 20,000 employees providing services at 15 campuses and 300+ outpatient sites.\u00a0 With annual net revenue of $3.4 billion, the Network\u2019s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke\u2019s hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke\u2019s Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n Dedicated to advancing medical education, St. Luke\u2019s is the preeminent teaching hospital in central-eastern Pennsylvania.\u00a0 In partnership with Temple University, the Network established the Lehigh Valley\u2019s first and only four-year medical school campus.\u00a0 It also operates the nation\u2019s longest continuously operating School of Nursing, established in 1884, and 45 fully accredited graduate medical educational programs with more than 400 residents and fellows. In 2022, St. Luke\u2019s, a member of the Children\u2019s Hospital Association, opened the Lehigh Valley\u2019s first and only free-standing facility dedicated entirely to kids.<\/p>\n SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare\u2019s\u00a0five-star<\/em>\u00a0ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction.\u00a0 It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades\u00a0Top Hospital<\/em>\u00a0and a Newsweek World\u2019s\u00a0Best Hospital<\/em>.\u00a0 The Network\u2019s flagship University Hospital has earned the\u00a0100 Top Major Teaching Hospital<\/em>\u00a0designation from Fortune\/PINC AI 11 times total and eight years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY.\u00a0 In 2021, St. Luke\u2019s was identified as one of the\u00a015 Top Health Systems<\/em>\u00a0nationally.\u00a0 Utilizing the Epic electronic medical record (EMR) system for both inpatient and outpatient services, the Network is a multi-year recipient of the\u00a0Most Wired<\/em>\u00a0award recognizing the breadth of the SLUHN\u2019s information technology applications such as telehealth, online scheduling and online pricing information.\u00a0 The Network is also recognized as one of the state\u2019s lowest cost providers.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Information provided to TVL by: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Corey Mullins, the St. Luke\u2019s videographer who won the last two St. Luke\u2019s D&L Racefest marathons, is headed to Boston. 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