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Gasparilla Half Marathon

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2008
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Location:

Tampa,FL,

Member Since:

Feb 02, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Unknown

Running Accomplishments:

I have been running off and on for over 25 years and competed in over 100 races including 7 marathons and 8 half-marathons.

PR's:

  • Marathon 3:39
  • Half-marathon 1:37
  • 15k 1:06
  • 10k 42:00? (it was 42 something but not sure, it was a while ago)
  • 5k 20:14

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

My primary goal right now is to qualify for the Boston Marathon. My age group qualifying time is 3:30:59.  I finished this years Disney Marathon in 3:39:10.  My next marathon will be the Chicago Marathon in October.

Long-Term Running Goals:

At this point I just want to continually improve my times.  Really long term goal is to remain competitive in what ever age group I'm in.
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Sun, Feb 10, 2008
Race: Gasparilla Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:37:15, Place overall: 151, Place in age division: 15
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

I just missed my goal of sub 1:36 but I still finished the Gasparilla half in a new PR of 1:37:15.  I had something left at the end but I’m not sure it was enough to have run 1:15 faster.   I still have a long way to go but when I set a PR after almost every race I know I’m doing something right.

Overall it was another well run race. The start temp was in the low 50’s which is about perfect for me.  There was a little headwind when running north on Bayshore to the finish but it probably didn’t affect my time more than a few seconds.   

Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50
Comments
From Benn on Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 13:36:49

Congratulations on the new Half PR! Great race.

From Lybi on Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 11:08:47

Great Job! So you are a PR setting machine, eh? Keep it up!

From MichelleL on Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 18:13:49

Congratulations on your PR! Next time pick it up with several miles to go if you are feeling good, you never want to leave gas in the tank when there is a race.

From Brent on Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 23:09:54

Sweet PR to improve on. 200 commando points for the PR.

From reading your running resume, you have the experience and base to get much faster if you are ready make it happen.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

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