I'm competing again!

After almost three years of not competing, I placed 5th at the April 1st Half Marathon in San Sebastian, Spain.

I was very happy. It was windy and rainy. I wanted to test my fitness level and glad to finish 5th. My pace was 5:02 per mile.

Link to Official Race Results

1:02:12 Half Marathon in San Diego

I was 11th at the 2014 Rock and Roll Half Marathon, San Diego, California

I ran a half marathon today in San Diego.  It was fast.  I ran 1:02:12, 4:45 per mile, and finished 11th place.  That is my fastest half marathon since 2006.

A list of my races

7th in Puerto Rico 10k

Aissa Dghoughi 2nd from left in back row, Sammy Kitwara (bent over in blue top) won

I finished 7th today in 29:22 at the Abraham Rosa 10k near San Juan, Puerto Rico.  That was 4:44 pace per mile.

Videos: 2014 Bay to Breakers

I'm in the black shorts and black shirt (0:30 to about 1:00)

5th at Bay to Breakers, 1st in Hayes St. Hill

I was 5th at today's 2014 Bay to Breakers race in San Francisco.  I ran 36:26 for the 12k race (7.45 miles) which is an average of 4:54 per mile.

I was the fastest to run up Hayes Street Hill which is one of the most difficult hills to run on any course.  The hill starts about 2 miles into the race and goes .69 miles up with a average grade of 5.5% and the steepest is 11.1%.  My time was 2:41.0.

The fastest male and female from base to peak wins $2,500!  I was the fastest.

Below is some additional information about Bay to Breakers.

2nd at Vancouver Half Marathon, 1:03:37

Aissa Dghoughi 2nd at 2014 BMO Vancouver Half Marathon

I was second at the Vancouver Half Marathon.  My official finish time was 1:03:37.  That is a 3:01 per km pace or 4:51 per mile.