Florence Half Results

Facts from Florence start with the “main dish” – 11 for 11 in finishers from the current team. Everything else is “dessert,” and we had plenty of that. Such as…

Three firsts in age groups: Kate in W35-39, Marcel in M35-39 and Leah in W45-49. Plus three second places: Carrie in W40-44, Neal in M70-74 and Chris in M60-64.

Neal improving the most from his last and longest training run, at minus-1:59 per mile. This came just five days after he underwent a medical procedure for kidney stones.

Kate, Marcel and Will racing for the first time with our team. For Will, it was his first half-marathon and longest run ever.

Big thank-yous to Gabe, Bill and Amy, along with Neal's wife Alyse, for handling on-course duties. Plus Everett, Jan and Keith for helping me out there on a near-perfect running day.

SATURDAY’S FLORENCE HALF-MARATHON RESULTS

(with our official times and paces for 13.1 miles; first target was to finish, second was to match or better the pace of your longest training run)

Neal – 2:18:33 (10:35 pace)

Marcel – 1:40:26 (7:41s)

Kyoko – 2:20:49 (10:45s)

Chris – 2:20:57 (10:46s)

Renee – 2:31:06 (11:33s)

Carrie – 2:14:14 (10:15s)

Kate – 1:39:24 (7:36s)

Leah – 1:41:10 (7:44s)

Everett – 5 miles of pacing Kim

Kim – 2:57:44 (13:35s)

Will – 2:44:21 (12:33s)

Rhonda – 2:28:46 (11:22s)

Team friends (including alums):

John Bowden – 2:42:06 (12:22s) recovering well from leg injuries

Chris Funch – 1:13:08 (5:36s) 1^st overall male, PR, course record!

Lindsey Funch – 1:29:26 (6:50s) 1^st overall female, course record!

Dan Kerrigan – 2:02:08 (9:20s) 1^st for age

Jeanine Miller – 2:41:06 (12:16s) first race since daughter’s birth

(Photo: Most of our team, minutes before the start. Missing is Renee; added is Jeanine, in pink, whose husband Keith took the picture.)