Hi D4B, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! What a terrific way to celebrate; a sub-2 half, lots of support from family and friends along the way, beers with friends, then a birthday cake with your family - how does it get any better than that??? It was a glorious day for a race, and I noticed that there was even supposed to be a bit of a tail wind going down the coast (which is pretty rare for this time of the year). It's too bad that the cramps prevented you from having a totally great day, but that is a fixable problem, and it didn't seem to get in the way of your celebration. Congratulations!! Jay

thanks everyone!! it was a great birthday!! now tomorrow DS#3 turns 18 - he was 90 minutes away from being an April Fool's baby - glad he held off!!

Congratulations on both birthday and well run 20 miler! Wonderful RR especially since you got be with some very wonderful RA people!

Congrats on a great race. Now thats the way to enjoy your birthday isn't it. I ran this one as well and I don't think we could have asked for a better day, the conditions were spectacular. I too was a bit disappointed in the timing company...in hindsight they probably should have had separate chutes and timing mats for the half martahoners and the 20 milers, but that is more money I am sure. When I got back to the hotel they had just posted the half marathon times and they had many of the 20 milers listed among the half finisher, myself included with a time that was actually about five mintues faster than I had run the 20. I never got see the "official" results until Monday morning and they got it all straightend out from what I could see. It is nice that you were able to run with a friend anad meet up with some new friends as well. Congratulations again on a job well done!