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Race Report by Ginny Dufrene I had a great day too. I kept debating whether to go to Pensacola because the weather was not as cold as I wanted, but my desire to run the race won out. I didn't do any warm-up, it was drizzling rain and I didn't want to get wet until I had to. I started the race and felt good, going too fast, trying to slow down, and get on pace. First 2 miles were fast, but not too bad, then I settled in to roughly 8:20 pace for most of the miles except mile 8 which had a long, big hill. This mile was 8:40 and it was followed by 2, 8:32 miles. Normally when I begin my slow down, I do not come back, but today I was able to rebound a little and I finished with 8:26, 8:11, 8:28. I finished with a time of 1:49:58. Very pleased to finally have some improvement over a few seconds. Yeah! FEMALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44 3- Michelle Underwood - 41 - Niceville FL - 1:54:20.61 Great day in Pensacola! I would highly recommend the half marathon. Can't really say about the full. You have to do the same loop again, and I am not sure I would like that, but Raul didn't have any problems with covering the distance 2 times. (Note: his half was much faster than mine, and he was doing the full - Superman!) | |
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Race Report by Nestor Raul Anzola After a lot of weeks of serious training (last time in my life!), I had a great run in Pensacola. It was a good day to run. The race starts at 6:30 in the morning. I never eat anything before a race specially this early. This year I had the phenomenal idea of eating a beagle with a weird cream half hour before the run. I almost paid the price | |
. When the gun went off, I started fast; however, half mile into the run, my stomach started asking to review today’s menu 
. I had to stop. Then in the distance I heard a familiar voice (Ginny) asking: NEeeestor, are you OK? – I just managed to answer: Yes, I am Okkkkkkk, HAwaaaiiii Iooooooowa! 
Around mile 11 they went ahead. I crossed the half marathon mark in 1:41:13 (sounds good!). As Ginny said, the full marathon included two loops to the same course. From mile 13 to mile 20 I still managed to run around an 8:08 pace average and crossed the 20m marker in 2:38:17 (still good and hanging there!). However, the long big hill appeared, the one in mile 8, now mile 21. I seriously struggled with it and then started going slower and slower. From mile 20 to 26, I ran around a 9 minutes pace average. Finally, I crossed the finish line in 3:33:28 for a nice PR. Of course, everything in my poor body is hurting today!