My Goal: 100 Half Marathons in the Next Ten Years in Half the States

Well, I decided I would blog my accomplishments in running for as long as I am able to run and write. Actually, the mind might go before the legs, lungs and heart so I will probably have to enlist a scribe to finish the work.

I have run seven half marathons since September of 2006. I decided that I might as well try to run a bunch of them in the next ten years with the ultimate goal of ONE HUNDRED HALF MARATHONS (read that with your pinkie at the corner of your mouth and the Dr. Evil emphasis). Now, that would probably be "easy" so I added that I need to run them in HALF THE STATES IN THIS GLORIOUS UNION (Dr. Evil inflection again and evil laugh).

My goal is to complete this task before September 2017(which is ten years and two and one half months from now). I get to count the ones I have done so far. They are as follows with all the important data. Future postings will include my commentary of each event with a few cuss words, if appropriate.

1. Disneyland Half-2006-California
Placed: 1,313/3,640 Males
Placed: 72/283 (55-59)
Placed: 2,082/9,395 Overall
Time: 2:07:07 Pace: 9:38

2. Denver Half-2006-Colorado
Placed: 520/683 Males
Placed: 17/34 (55-59)
Time: 2:12:38 Pace: 10:07

3. OC Half-2007-California
Placed: 1,399/3,024 Males
Placed: 57/114 (55-59)
Placed: 2,148/6,249 Overall
Time: 2:11:33 Pace: 10:13

4. Palm Springs-2007-California
Placed: 272/350 Males
Placed: 28/44 (55-59)
Placed: 450/652 Overall
Time: 2:12:41 Pace: 10:07

5. Eisenhower Half-2007-Kansas
Placed: 75/155 Overall
Placed: 4/18 (55-59)
Time: 2:07:55 Pace: 9:45

6. Colorado Colfax Half-2007-Colorado
Placed: 897/1,695 Overall
Placed: 496/706 Males
Placed: 25/49 (55-59)
Time: 2:20:07 Pace:10:41
4K= 22:13, 9K=53:14

7. Arby’s Rocky Mountain Half-2007-Colorado
Placed: 482/613 Overall
Placed: 257/291 Males
Placed: 10/16 (55-59)
Time: 2:21:42 Pace: 10:49

So, hopefully you will enjoy the runs (not THOSE runs!)