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Chicago Half Marathon 2007: Mission Accomplished

Yesterday I ran in the Banco Popular Chicago Half Marathon. That's 13.1 miles in case you were wondering. I've been trying to break the two-hour barrier in the half marathon now for some time, and up until now I always came up short...until yesterday!

I finally broke through that barrier, and I did not just squeak by. Here is my result from the race:

Name: Kevin Poulsen
Bib Number: 4123
Time: 1:56:59
10K split: 57:30
Pace per mile: 8:55.3
Overall place: 2300 out of 10,118 finishers
Gender place: 1510 out of 4157 males

Not too bad at all considering that I had some really bad back pain the day before the race -- I could not even stand up straight! Thankfully it loosened up enough that I was able to run on Sunday and finally break through that two-hour wall.

Now it's a few more weeks of training runs and then I can cruise through the marathon on October 7.