This is Hal's Running Page index. See the links below for current running topics.
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Hal finishing the Walt Disney World Marathon in 2008 |
Future Races
Here's my schedule coming up. Send me email (see link at left) with more suggestions or if you want to join me.
- Marine Corps Historic Half Marathon (Fredericksburg, Virginia), May 20, 2018
- US Air Force Half Marathon, September 15, 2018
Past Races
Death Valley Half Marathon | February 3, 2018 | An excellent race through a beautiful, but desolate, landscape. Perfect weather ending in the lower 70°s. I finished at 2:36:02, 159th out of 206 runners, second in my age group! My 17th half. | |
Gettysburg Battlefield Half Marathon | November 5, 2017 | A good race in dreary weather at one of my favorite places! I did a reasonable 2:39:25 in my 16th half marathon, but this has to be with an asterisk because a lack of course markings caused me to miss a turn and I actually ran only 12.62 miles. Sad! | |
San Francisco Second Half Marathon | July 23, 2017 | I had been concerned that the knee pain problems I have experience over the last couple of months might cause me difficulty, but apparently they have passed. It was a good race, at least for the first 11 miles, but I regret to say that I pooped out for the last 2.1 or so. Unfortunately, my knee pain problem caused me to keep my training relatively restrained, so I did not do an adequate amount of mileage before the race. My time today was 2:47:52, which is not my worst, but certainly not my best half marathon, my 15th. | |
Nashville Rock 'n Roll Half Marathon | April 29, 2017 | TNT #20 | This was a nice course in a fun city, but high heat and humidity affected my time, 2:47:54. It was my 14th half marathon. |
San Francisco Rock 'n Roll Half Marathon | March 26, 2017 | This was a training run for Nashville. My time was 2:36:05. It was my 13th half marathon. | |
Philadelphia Half Marathon | November 19, 2016 | TNT #19 | I trained for the full marathon, but I fell back to the half for health and training concerns. A beautiful course in perfect weather, but a mediocre time of 2:48:57. This was my 12th half marathon. |
Freedom's Run Half Marathon | October 1, 2016 | Shepherdstown, West Virginia, across the Potomac and a loop through the Antietam battlefield. A training run before Philadelphia. 2:53 a poor time because of weather and hills. | |
Seattle Rock 'n Roll Marathon | June 18, 2016 | TNT #18 | A so-so course in ideal weather, but my periodic back problem returned and my finishing time was poor: 5:51:53. (But I'm proud I finished!) This was my 17th full marathon (and 15th successful completion). |
Star Wars Half Marathon | January 17, 2016 | A training run at Disneyland for me between full marathons. A slow start because of course congestion, finishing at 2:38:53, 4222th of 11,599. | |
Richmond Virginia Marathon | November 14, 2015 | TNT #17 | An excellent run on a beautiful day, slowly at 5:38:23, but the best news is that I completed the course that I failed in 2012. |
Montréal Half Marathon | September 20, 2015 | A serendipitous run while I was on vacation, which worked out well in my schedule as a training run. A dawdling pace of 2:38:34. | |
Vancover BC Half Marathon | May 3, 2015 | TNT #16 | A beautiful day in a beautiful city, 2:33:11. I only did the half marathon because a broken toe early in the season put a crimp on my training. |
Chicago Marathon | October 12, 2014 | TNT #15 | A beautiful day and a strong performance for the first 23 miles, but a minor injury prevented another PR: 5:32:41. |
San Luis Obispo Marathon | April 27, 2014 | TNT #14 | A personal record for a U.S. race, 5:29:16, on the same very hilly course that defeated me in 2013! |
New York City Marathon | November 3, 2013 | TNT #13 | A very good race after two failed attempts, below. My time was not very good (5:48:22), but I was overjoyed to finish. |
San Luis Obispo Marathon | April 7, 2013 | TNT #12 | This was my second failed marathon! This time I made it to mile 22 on a very hilly course before dropping out with back pain. |
Richmond, Virginia, Marathon | November 10, 2012 | TNT #11 | I trained with TNT, but did this one on my own. It was my first failed marathon, dropping out at mile 18 with debilitating back pain. |
Oakland Marathon | March 25, 2012 | TNT #10 | Another acceptable marathon on a very hilly course, 5:52. |
Chickamauga Battlefield Marathon | November 12, 2011 | TNT #9 | Another season of training with TNT, but I ran this on my own, at 5:39:24. (This was a rather cold race, and I started getting back pains that foreshadowed my two failed marathons above.) |
Los Angeles Marathon | March 20, 2011 | TNT #8 | A terrible experience in heavy rain, my slowest finishing time (6:24) of any completed marathon. |
Marine Corps Marathon | October 31, 2010 | TNT #7 | I trained with TNT, but I entered this marathon on my own. A great race, although a rather poor time of 5:43:19. |
San Francisco Half Marathon | July 25, 2010 | This was the second half of the full San Francisco marathon. | |
Atlanta Marathon | March 21, 2010 | TNT #6 | This was a very hilly course, but I did okay: 5:41:50. |
Kaiser Half Marathon, San Francisco | February 7, 2010 | At this time in my running career, I was doing these half marathons as training runs halfway through marathon training. That is something I generally don't bother with anymore. | |
Royal Victoria Marathon | October 11, 2009 | TNT #5 | This was my fastest marathon ever—5:20:19! |
Napa Valley Marathon | March 1, 2009 | TNT #4 | This was a very difficult marathon on a very hilly course in the rain, in which I finished at 5:57:16, just before the course cutoff time of six hours. (Includes a brief mention of the 2009 Kaiser San Francisco Half Marathon.) |
San Francisco Nike Women's Marathon | October 19, 2008 | TNT #3 | Also see Training for the 2008 Nike San Franciso Marathon with TNT |
Wine Country Half Marathon | July 20, 2008 | This was my fastest half marathon, 2:22:40, on a hilly, beautiful course. | |
Santa Cruz Half Marathon | April 12, 2008 | ||
Disney World Marathon | January 13, 2008 | My only full marathon not run with TNT. My poor time of 5:59:14 was prompted by warm, humid weather and a noticeably shorter training period than in the other races in this list. | |
New Year Run for a Healthy World 10K, Palo Alto | January 1, 2008 | (Hey, at one time a 10K was a big deal for me!) | |
Las Vegas Half Marathon | December 2, 2007 | I ran this less than two months after my first marathon, which is a shorter time for recovery than I currently plan for. | |
Portland Marathon | October 7, 2007 | TNT #2 | Until 2014, this was was my fastest US marathon—5:30:07. Also see Training for the Portland Marathon |
Kaiser Half Marathon, San Francisco | February 4, 2007 | TNT #1 | This was my first TNT-sponsored race and the longest distance I had ever run until then. It was also before I recorded web details of my training. |
Distant Past Races
Sorry, I was too disorganized to record web details of these, but I ran them during my TNT seasons.
- New Year Run for a Healthy World 10K (Palo Alto) – January 1, 2007 (I got a big muscle injury running in this tiny race.)
- Presidio 10 (Mile) – April 1, 2007 (Around the Presidio hills and over the Golden Gate Bridge.)
- SF Bay to Breakers (12K) – May 10, 2007 (A circus. I had run one of these in 1984, I think it was. Too many people to be an enjoyable run.)
- Wine Country Half Marathon – July 15, 2007 (A delightful course from Carneros to downtown Sonoma.)