Sunday, March 21, 2010

New Bedford Half

Today was a new adventure for me as I ran my first half marathon. I went into the race hoping to run sub-1:15 which I thought would be a good start. As the race started in which I never actually heard the gun go off, I quickly found myself with Jim who I planned on running with I stuck with him till about 2.5 then began to try and move up. I was really happy with some of the splits that i saw during the race 5m(28:20) 10m(56:36)PR. At about mile 11-11.5 we began to hit the last hill and I found myself in a pain that I had never felt before, Jim pulled back up next to me at this point and I tried to muster something to go with him but I seemed to be in shuffle mode and couldn't change gears. I ended up running 1:14:36, I was very pleased and was even more so happy to see that CMS finished 3rd in the team results. I think it shows how deep of a team we have with a few guys having a off day, as for team results it went something like this Double J, Bob Wiles,Hammett,Fyffe,Alan Bernier,Kevin Tilton and Jim Pawlicki. Overall I would say a good race for myself and a good day for CMS
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7 comments:

  1. WilesthingMarch 21, 2010 at 7:36 PM

    Great job Jeff! That's a hell of a half marathon debut!

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  2. J.FyffeMarch 22, 2010 at 6:45 AM

    You must be pretty excited about that race man. Good Job!

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  3. JamesMarch 22, 2010 at 3:04 PM

    Great job, Jeff. That's a good pr for anyone, let alone for their first half. Hope to see you at the race on Saturday.

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  4. Jeff GoupilMarch 22, 2010 at 3:46 PM

    Thank you, I was pretty pumped hopefully next time i will be able to hang with that huge group of CMS guys.
    As for this weekend i am still kinda up in the air of weather i will stay in Keene or try my luck at gilmanton. I guess i need to decide soon

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  5. Kevin BalanceMarch 22, 2010 at 8:29 PM

    Nice debut on Sunday. You'll be running 1:10 before you know it.

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  6. JimMarch 24, 2010 at 10:24 PM

    Nice debut Jeff. Keep those miles up and stay healthy.

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  7. Jeff GoupilMarch 26, 2010 at 12:16 PM

    I def can't wait to get into another half and see how it goes now knowing what I am getting into. Also the plan is to get the miles up as we don't have another Gp race for something like 8 weeks...should be a solid race

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