RUNNING BUDDIES, WEEKEND RESULTS: PARIS MARATHON, SANTA CRUZ HALF, & THE US HALF

WEEKEND RESULTS: PARIS MARATHON, SANTA CRUZ HALF, & THE US HALF

PARIS MARATHON SUNDAY APRIL 11, 2010

40000 runners ran the soldout 34th Paris Marathon and Bertina was one of the participants. Bertina finished in 5:01 with a bit of training.

RESULTS

BERTINA NGUYEN 5:01:35 (11:30 pace) {28016 overall/2177 division}

http://org-results.parismarathon.com/2010/?lang=EN

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SANTA CRUZ HALF MARATHON SUNDAY APRIL 11, 2010

2200 runners braved the windy rainy Santa Cruz Half Marathon. Christian running half marathon #2 for 2010 finished in 1:34. Debbie sporting the compression socks finished in 1:48. Feride running her first half marathon of 2010 finished in 2:04. Mike with a busy schedule still managed to run another half marathon, finished in 2:06, almost time to cut that beard. Michele seems to be running at least 1 race a month she finished the half marathon in 2:20. Jennifer having a fun time in the rain while running the half marathon finished in 3:04.

RESULTS

CHRISTIAN WIRTH 1:34:20 (7:12 pace) {71 overall/27 division}

DEBBIE SIMMS 1:48:17 (8:16 pace) {314 overall/16 division}

FERIDE DIRI 2:04:35 (9:31 pace) {916 overall/103 division}

MIKE GIBSON 2:06:34 (9:40 pace) {1003 overall/177 division}

MICHELE SUN 2:20:46 (10:45 pace) {1523 overall/188 division}

JENNIFER DRYSDALE 3:04:49 (14:06 pace) {2126 overall/446 division}

http://results.active.com/pages/page.jsp?eventID=1768377&pubID=3

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INAUGURAL US HALF “THE OTHER HALF” SUNDAY APRIL 11, 2010

There were over 2000 registered runners (900 from groupon) for this event but only 1400 runners finished the race. I think the weather had something to do with that. Once again the females (742) out numbered the males (696) this is one of the other things this race is known for besides running across the Golden Gate Bridge. This was my third time running this half marathon, the race starts and finishes at Aquatic Park. I was worried about the weather for this race, I don’t do well against wind and rain then you add the hills which I despise. The weather did hold up for me. When the race started we hit a slight incline, I decided to stay with the first female. Our first mile was low 6’s, I thought to myself that was too fast for me so I slowed down. I was feeling good as we ran through the Presidio, at mile 4 we hit the incline to the Golden Gate Bridge on the way to the bridge was nice and I saw a barge moving under the bridge. On the way back from the Golden Gate Bridge we had another incline and fierce wind gus to deal with. Sean caught me at mile 9 near the tail end of the Golden Gate Bridge. Mile 10 I felt a calve cramp coming so I decided to take it easy the last few miles, I didn’t want to get injured before Boston, I finished in 1:33 and got a cool water bottle at the finish.

Sean ran a 1:30 half marathon with his 7 mile only workout at Rancho. Ron finished with a 1:38 getting blown around from the winds on the Golden Gate Bridge. Will running half marathon #3 of 2010 finished in 1:41, next race the Big Sur Marathon followed by a break from running. Roni finished in 1:48 and will be a pacer at the Big Sur Marathon. Ram set a new PR finishing in 1:50, this was half marathon #2 of this year for him. Linh ran a 1:52 half marathon coming back from his injury. William finished in 1:56 crying the last .1 mile of the race setting a new PR. Jay running his first half marathon of the year finished in 1:56. Bernie running his second US Half Marathon finished in 1:57. Allison getting ready for the Boston to Big Sur Challenge finished her second half marathon this year in 2:01. Tammy getting ready for the Big Sur Marathon finished in 2:01. Karen running her second half of this year finished in 2:05. Nghi running part 1 of back to back weekends of running a half marathon finished in 2:13, the Mermaid half will be part 2, followed by the Big Sur Marathon Relay, then the OC Marathon. Francis playing pacer finished in 2:16. Andrew running with his crazy training plan, no training finished in 2:16. Hai finished in 2:17 next up for her is the Big Sur Marathon followed by a much deserved vacation. Hoang finished her first half marathon of 2010 in 2:22. Lien finished in 2:39 getting ready for her marathons the OC Marathon and the Rock N Roll San Diego Marathon. Cindy finished in 2:42 pacing a friend, she is also running the Healdsburg Wine Country Marathon on 10.10.10.