{"id":240,"date":"2010-02-07T18:04:26","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T01:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/?p=240"},"modified":"2013-11-24T15:25:24","modified_gmt":"2013-11-24T22:25:24","slug":"kaiser-permanente-san-francisco-12-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/2010\/02\/07\/kaiser-permanente-san-francisco-12-marathon","title":{"rendered":"Kaiser Permanente San Francisco 1\/2 Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have read the previous episodes, you know that as far as running is concerned, this year&#8217;s theme is speed. So I have setup a plan to get from point A to point B in less time. As a way to keep me motivated, I have signed up for several half marathons already and will add some more with the goal to run 6 events this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/KPSFHM5K2010blackshirt.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-242\" alt=\"KPSFHM5K2010blackshirt\" src=\"http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/KPSFHM5K2010blackshirt.gif\" width=\"640\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/KPSFHM5K2010blackshirt.gif 640w, http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/KPSFHM5K2010blackshirt-300x230.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first one this year is new for me but The Kaiser Permanente San Francisco 1\/2 Marathon has been going on for 27 years now. While it has been raining the whole week, the sky opened up today and the Sun shined over San Francisco for a beautiful day. Alicia and I made it to the starting line with some time to spare, and we did that looking for the sweat bag drop off &#8220;strategically&#8221; located half a mile away from the start line. Still, I managed to get to the front of the pack in time for the start.<\/p>\n<p>The point to point route was a net descent and the gently rolling hills helped me get good speed. The view coming out of Franklin drive toward the Old Highway was breathtaking, or was it because I was running at 7min\/mile?, and I really enjoyed the whole race.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/62235-757-029f.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-241\" alt=\"62235-757-029f\" src=\"http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/62235-757-029f.jpg\" width=\"256\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/62235-757-029f.jpg 256w, http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/62235-757-029f-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After a great effort, I crushed my previous 1\/2 marathon PR by a bit more than 2 minutes finishing in 1:34:27. I am really happy about that and feel 1:32 is within reach. Next is Santa Cruz in April with the plan to go even faster in <a title=\"Santa Cruz 2009\" href=\"http:\/\/david.blondeau.name\/blog\/2009\/04\/19\/santa-cruz-half-marathon\" target=\"_blank\">that great race<\/a> I ran under-trained last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have read the previous episodes, you know that as far as running is concerned, this year&#8217;s theme is speed. So I have setup a plan to get from point A to point B in less time. 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