Official Results

Chip time – 1:56:56

1071st out of 3603 finishers (29.7 percentile)

60th out of 130 in age group (46.2 percentile)

Blue Diamond was a sponsor of the race, so I’ve got six packs of different-flavored almonds to munch on for the rest of the week.

It’s funny how your expectations change. I remember the first time I broke two hours in a half-marathon – it was the America’s Finest City Half-Marathon in San Diego in 2005. I ran a 1:57:12 and I was so happy I told everybody. Three and a half years later, I’ve beaten that time despite a late-race meltdown and all I can think about is what I did wrong.