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@konrad
San Francisco, CA Raving since 2018 Active 5 years, 8 months agoAbout Me
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| Race | Distance | Location | Date | Result |
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| San Francisco Marathon | 1st Half Marathon | San Francisco, CA | Jul 29, 2018 | 2:00:00 |
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| Race | Distance | Location | Date | Result | My Raves | My Performance |
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| San Francisco Marathon | 1st Half Marathon | San Francisco, CA | Jul 29, 2018 | 2:00:00 |
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San Francisco Marathon
Disappointed - give up on the dream?
San Francisco Marathon
When I was in High School near Boston, I thought it would be great to run in the Boston Marathon. That was 40 years ago - 40 years of no … MORE
When I was in High School near Boston, I thought it would be great to run in the Boston Marathon. That was 40 years ago – 40 years of no running.
Now that I’m semi-retired, I thought I would revive the dream and start training. After a fair amount of sweat and agony, I can now cruise 13 miles or so in 2 hours. Not long enough and not fast enough, but heading in the right direction. I thought doing an official half marathon might help me get a better time – not stopping for traffic lights, pedestrians…. So, for the first time in my life, I signed up for a half marathon in San Francisco.
I ran it, in about 2 hours, but I have no offical time. Apparently, the device didn’t register me. I put the thing on my shoe, as directed, but I assume I needed to do something else. I just don’t know what. I’ve asked the company several times but haven’t received an answer. Instead they are trying to piece together my time based on the time of people next to me in photos of me crossing the start and crossing the finish. That’s nice, but until someone call tell me what I did wrong, is there really any point in trying to run a full marathon at a Boston Qualifying time? Again, it might not be timed.