Grand Prix finisher

With a successful Staten Island Half Marathon today, I completed the NYRR Grand Prix circuit for the first time ever!  Last year I only missed Manhattan, so I’ve completed 9 GP events in a row.

Summary:

• Manhattan – 1:59:05
• Bronx – 1:56:54 (PR)
• Brooklyn – 1:56:41 (PR)
• Queens – 2:17:01
• Staten Island – 2:00:20

My first half marathon in 1996 was Staten Island, so it feels fitting to reach this milestone on the same race.  Now that I’ve completed them all in one year, I won’t feel the same desire to do it again.   Seems like this is the right time to celebrate my history of the distance.  See below for the number of halves per year – this includes things like the Grete’s Great Gallop and New York City Half Marathon.  27 in the last 13 years:

• 1996 – 1
• 1997 – 3
• 1998 – 3
• 1999 – 2
• 2000 – 4
• 2001 – 1
• 2002 – 0
• 2003 – 0
• 2004 – 1
• 2005 – 1
• 2006 – 0
• 2007 – 5
• 2008 – 6

What I love about the half marathon distance is that it is the gateway to the marathon.  My goal is to always be in half marathon shape.  From there, it is not a big reach to prepare for a marathon, or an olympic distance triathlon, which is in my goals for 2009.

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