Sunday, 25th October 2009
I successfully completed the Dean Karnazes Silicon Valley Half Marathon – my 3rd long distance run. This had been a year of learning to run with injuries – or rather, recover from them and get back on the feet at the earliest. In that sense, I am grateful that I was able to compete and complete the DKSVM race with a decent timing of 02:10.
02:10…. Interesting! It matches my 2008 run to the minute!! Almost to the second!!! The run experience was a close repeat of the 2008 race as well. What are the odds of that!
Since I didn’t change (well, other than aging by a year), I thought I will do a comparison between this year’s and last year’s results to see how the world has changed around me...
2009
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2008
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Overall Time
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02:10:10
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02:10:04
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First 6 miles
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00:55
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00:55
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Hardest 3 miles
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9,10,11
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10,11,12
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Overall Place
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410 out of 927
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484 out of 982
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Division Place
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48 out of 71
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53 out of 78
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Certainly looks like I am statistically better off in 2009 over 2008!
2009 Official Results
Still 2 more months to go in 2009. In spite of the injuries and the mandatory time I had to take off from running, it looks like I will beat my 2008 stats (652 miles / 1050 kms). More on that towards the end of this year.
