Date Distance Time Pace Comments Total Half Marathons: 27 Negative Splits: 7 Long Beach Surf City
2008 Feb 03 13.10 2:06:34 0:09:40 2008 Surf City Half Marathon (My first HM) 11 9
2008 Oct 31 13.10 1:49:04 0:08:20 2008 Disneyland® Half Marathon
Overall Place 680 / 10849
Gender Place 544 / 4442
Division Place 103 / 749
Age Grade 54.7%
5K split    27:44       8:57 pace
10K split  53:25       8:37 pace
15K split  1:19:49    8:35 pace
2008 Dec 07 13.10 1:41:34 0:07:45 2008 CityofAngels Half Marathon
Overall:       399 out of 6210
Men:            349 out of 3154
M 35-39:      44 out of 272
Age/Grade:  58.76% Place: 873
Finish:          1:41:34 Pace: 7:45
Tag Time:     1:41:34
Gun Time:    1:42:55
2009 Feb 01 13.10 1:40:56 0:07:42 2009 Surf City Half Marathon
Overall:   648 out of 10716
Men:  504 out of 4224
M 35-39:  98 out of 692
Age/Grade:  59.12% Place: 1642
Finish:  1:40:56    Pace: 7:42
Tag Time:  1:40:56
Gun Time:  1:41:41
3 mile split    23:57       7:59 pace
8.2 mile split  1:04:10     7:50 pace
2009 Oct 11 13.10 1:41:47 0:07:46 25th Long Beach Int'l Half Marathon (ran on approx 4.5 hrs sleep)
Bib: 6955 Emil De La Cruz M 35-39
Overall: 472 out of 10675
Sex: 388 out of 4255
Division: 59 out of 657
10K Split:  0:48:25   Pace: 7:48
Finish :      1:41:47   Pace: 7:46
2010 Jul 25 13.10 1:45:39 0:08:04 San Francisco Half-Marathon 2010: (Very hilly course!)
Chip Time 01:45:39
Overall Place 424 out of 8394
Gender Place 347 out of 3405
Division Place 122 out of 1204
Age Grade: 57.08%  Place: 1037
Pace 8:04
· First 7.6 Miles @ 01:03:12 Pace: 8:19
 · Last 5.5 Miles @ 00:42:27 Pace: 7:43
  · My Garmin GPS Time: 13.29mi @1:46:04 Pace 7:59
2010 Feb 07 13.51 2:10:25 0:09:39 Surf City Half-Marathon, training run with Jerry
(We were both barely recovering from recent injuries)
     
2011 May 01 13.10 1:37:51 0:07:28 2011 OC Half-Marathon (Negative split!)
Overall:  220 out of 6561
Men:  177 out of 2586
M 35-39:  29 out of 383
Age/Grade:  62.08% Place: 543
Finish:  1:37:51 Pace: 7:28
Tag Time:  1:37:51
Gun Time:  1:46:11
Split Times:
5 Km:  23:23 Pace: 7:32
7 mi:  52:53  Pace: 7:33  | Last 6.1 mi:  44:55  Pace: 7:29
(negative split)
10 Mi:  1:15:23 Pace: 7:33
11 mi:  1:22:47 Pace: 7:32
Garmin Splits:
1 @ 8:09        8 @ 07:39 (8mi in 1:00:50, 7:36 pace)
2 @ 6:55        9 @ 07:24
3 @ 7:17        10 @ 07:23
4 @ 7:37        11 @ 07:26
5 @ 07:16      12 @ 07:20
6 @ 07:36      13.1 @ 06:59 (Last 5.1mi in 37:01, 7:15 pace)
7 @ 07:54
Negative Split
2011 May 14 13.10 1:39:57 0:07:38 2011 Palos Verdes Half-Marathon (approx 957 ft elevation gain)
Overall:  60 out of 1013
Men:  55 out of 460
M 35-39:  12 out of 68
Finish: 1:39:57  Pace: 7:38
(1st time I beat all WOMEN in my age group 35-39)
Negative Split!:
• First 7mi in 53:54 @ 7:41 ave pace
• Last 6.18mii in 46:02 @ 7:27 ave pace
My Garmin pace Splits:
1 @ 8:15        8 @ 07:35 (First 8mi in 1:01:39 @ 7:42 ave pace)
2 @ 7:41        9 to 10 @ 07:27
3 @ 7:24        11 @ 08:00
4 @ 7:29        12 @ 07:19
5 @ 07:31      13.1 @ 06:55 (Last 6.18mii in 46:02 @ 7:27 ave pace)
6 @ 08:04     
7 @ 07:18 (First 7mi in 0:53:54 @ 7:41 ave pace)
Negative Split
2012 Oct 07 13.10 1:35:46 0:07:19 Long Beach Half-Marathon - Ran in Asics Piranha racing flats
(Garmin Elevation Gain: 354 ft).
Overall: 180 out of 11200
Men: 154 out of 4664
M 35-39: 32 out of 750
Age/Grade:  63.92% Place: 428
Finish: 1:35:46 Pace: 7:19
· Hydration: 2 Nuun tabs, 1 before start, and at mile 7
· PowerGels: 2 - one at mile 7, 10
· S!Caps: one 30min before start, and half Powercrunch bar before race.
• First 6mi in 0:44:12 @7:22 pace
• Last 7mi in 0:50:15 @7:11 pace
1 @ 7:32     8 @ 7:32
2 @ 7:23     9 @ 7:12
3 @ 7:12     10 @ 7:05
4 @ 7:25     11 @ 7:16
5 @ 7:15     12 @ 7:04
6 @ 7:25     13 @ 6:39, last 0.23 @ 5:42 pace
7 @ 7:27     
PR Negative Split
2013 Dec 26 13.14 1:38:49 0:07:31 Operation Jack Half-Marathon 2013: Ran on about 4.5 hours sleep, and I think the holiday junk foods I ate over the last week slowed me some, but I'm still glad I was able to finish in sub-1:40 time :)  I ran in Asics Piranha SP3's.  I was honored to meet Nadia Ruiz in the parking lot before the race, what an inspiration she is!
Hydration: 1 Nuun tablet in water bottle at start.
PowerGels = one at mile 5 and 9
Overall: 12th place
Men: 9th place
Division (40-49): 4th place
1 @ 8:00     8 @ 7:26
2 @ 7:29     9 @ 7:37
3 @ 7:37     10 @ 7:27
4 @ 7:35     11 @ 7:48
5 @ 7:29     12 @ 7:27
6 @ 7:25     13 @ 6:59, last 0.10 @ 6:11 pace
7 @ 7:38
2014 Feb 02 13.15 1:38:17 0:07:28 Surf City Half-Marathon: (I made the mistake of starting too fast)
Hydration: 1 Nuun Tablet at start.
PowerGels:  2 - one at mile 6, 9
Overall:  527 out of 15501
Men:  419 out of 6100
Age Division (40-44): 
68 out of 965
Age/Grade: 
62.85% Place: 1217
Tag Time:  1:38:10
1 @ 7:20     8 @ 7:29
2 @ 7:14     9 @ 7:42
3 @ 7:08     10 @ 8:03 (water refill)
4 @ 7:27     11 @ 7:56
5 @ 7:07     12 @ 7:47
6 @ 7:06     13 @ 7:39, last 0.10 @ 6:48 pace
7 @ 7:19
2015 Feb 01 13.13 1:37:30 0:07:26 2015 Surf City Half-Marathon: (Ran in New Balance NRC5000's)
My 2nd fastest HM to date (Current PR: 1:35:46)
Hydration:  2 Nuun tablets, one at start & around mile 9
PowerGels:  at mile 5 & 9
Overall:  426 out of 14136
Men:  350 out of 5544
M 40-44:  50 out of 875
Age/Grade:  63.79% Place: 868
Chip Time:  1:37:30
Negative Split!:
• First 6mi in 0:44:54 @7:29 pace
• Last 7mi in 0:51:42 @7:23 pace
Mile Splits:
1 @ 7:37     8 @ 7:43
2 @ 7:31     9 @ 7:37
3 @ 7:29     10 @ 7:34
4 @ 7:41     11 @ 7:30
5 @ 7:10     12 @ 6:57
6 @ 7:26     13 @ 6:49
7 @ 7:32
Negative Split
2015 Oct 11 13.11 1:39:53 0:07:37 Long Beach Half-Marathon: (Highest temperature in the history of this race; it was almost 90º during the race)
** I
rode my bike approx 10 mile loop to the race and back home, after.
Hydration/Electrolytes:  hand held water bottle, refilled at stations a couple times.  GuGel's = 2 (one @ mile 5, 8)
• HALF MARATHON: 133 of 4971)
• Gender Place: 114 of 2351
• Male (age division 40-44): 14 of 333)
• MyGarmin Finish = 1:39:53
• Racemine Finish = 1:40:00 (Official finish time)
1 @ 7:30
2 @ 7:29
3 @ 7:28
4 @ 7:27
5 @ 7:29
6 @ 7:37
7 @ 7:37
8 @ 7:35
9 @ 7:37
10 @ 7:27
11 @ 7:39
12 @ 7:47
13 @ 7:30
last 0.11 @ 6:00 pace
2015 Nov 08 13.26 1:52:29 0:08:29 Monterey Bay "Big Sur" Half-Marathon: I ran this with No distance training at all for this race (only did 10.6 TOTAL training miles in the last 27 days).  I have been trying to let my right knee heal by taking time off running and riding the recumbant bike.  Paced over a minute slower then race pace to be safe throught the race - this is the most beautiful road course I've run.
*** We were lucky to have our race bibs signed and get a picture with Olympian Kara Goucher :)
1 @ 8:42
2 @ 8:31
3 @ 8:30
4 @ 8:34
5 @ 8:10
6 @ 8:14
7 @ 8:19
8 @ 8:33
9 @ 8:20
10 @ 8:22
11 @ 8:33
12 @ 8:34
13 @ 7:58
last 0.26 @ approx 5:8 pace (forgot to stop my watch for at least 15 secs)
2016 Feb 07 13.10 1:48:01 0:08:15 2016 Surf City Half-Marathon (20th Anniversary)
Overall:  729 out of 11885
Men:  522 out of 4616
M 40-44:  85 out of 660
Age/Grade:  56.40% Place: 1694
1 @ 8:04
2 @ 7:51
3 @ 7:48
4 @ 8:06
5 @ 7:37
6 @ 7:58
7 @ 8:08
8 @ 8:20
9 @ 8:16
10 @ 8:23
11 @ 8:27
12 @ 8:04
13 @ 7:38, last 0.10mi @6:32 pace
2016 Oct 09 13.10 1:39:36 0:07:36 Long Beach Half-Marathon: Negative Split! :)
Hydration/Electrolytes: 2 PowerGel (@mile 5.5 and 9), 1 NUUN tab (Half @ start & water refill around mile 7)
Entire Field:  247 of 9915
Gender Place: 209 of 4176
Division(M40-44): 32 of 627
Over 1st Half: I passed 1606 runners, 15 passed me.
Over 2nd Half:  I passed 383 runners, 0 passed me.
For the record, you were ahead of more than 99% of women runners.
1 @ 7:47
2 @ 7:53
3 @ 7:37
4 @ 7:39
5 @ 7:35
6 @ 7:35
7 @ 7:53 (First 7 miles @ 7:43 ave pace)
8 @ 7:46
9 @ 7:34
10 @ 7:31
11 @ 7:38
12 @ 7:31
13 @ 6:59
last 0.10 at 4:20 pace (Last 6.1 miles @ 7:30 ave pace)
Negative Split
2017 Feb 05 13.10 1:39:33 0:07:36 Surf City Half-Marathon: (Negative Split! :)
One 10 oz water bottle, half refilled once, only ½ NUUN tablet.
Overall:  389 out of 10274
Men:  300 out of 4148
M 40-44:  36 out of 598
Age/Grade:  61.70% Place: 909
Finish:  1:39:33 Pace: 7:36
1 @ 7:43
2 @ 7:39
3 @ 7:38
4 @ 7:43
5 @ 7:16
6 @ 7:30 (1st half = 7:35 average pace)
7 @ 7:36
8 @ 7:35
9 @ 7:40
10 @ 7:32
11 @ 7:34
12 @ 7:16
13.1 @ 7:01 (2nd half = 7:28 average pace) = Negative Split! :)
Negative Split
2017 Oct 08 13.10 1:37:57 0:07:29 Long Beach Half-Marathon (Negative Split!):
Entire Field:  183 of 7889
Gender Place: 152 of ????
Division(M40-44): 23 of 502
1 @ 7:29
2 @ 7:30
3 @ 7:32
4 @ 7:27
5 @ 7:24
6 @ 7:34 (1st 6.5 miles = 0:48:45 = 7:30 ave pace)
7 @ 7:37
8 @ 7:28
9 @ 7:32
10 @ 7:26
11 @ 7:34
12 @ 7:30
13 @ 6:51
0.10 @ 5:35 pace (1st 6.6 miles = 0:48:41 = 7:23 ave pace)
Negative Split
2018 Feb 04 13.10 1:40:40 0:07:41 2018 Surf City Half-Marathon
1 @ 7:34
2 @ 7:33
3 @ 7:35
4 @ 7:45
5 @ 7:15
6 @ 7:34 (first 6mi @ 7:33 ave pace)
7 @ 7:39
8 @ 7:40
9 @ 7:58
10 @ 7:41
11 @ 7:49
12 @ 7:36
13 @ 7:20 (last 7mi @ 7:40 ave pace)
Division (M 40-44): 40
Gender: 314
Overall:  404
2018 Oct 07 13.10 1:45:25 0:08:03 2018 Long Beach Half-Marathon, disappointing, but glad I was able to finish.  Hydration:  2 stinger gel's & 1 pedialyte powder packet in my bottle.
Division M45-49: 42
Gender: 277
Overall: 341
1 @ 7:28
2 @ 7:34
3 @ 7:29
4 @ 7:49
5 @ 7:33
6 @ 7:21
7 @ 7:37
8 @ 7:54 (In training, I only went 8 miles)
9 @ 7:50
10 @ 8:09
11 @ 8:37
12 @ 9:06 (side stich, and cardio done - I walked a lot during this mile)
13 @ 7:59 
2019 Feb 03 13.10 1:42:30 0:07:49 Surf City Half-Marathon: cold, windy start, and strong head wind at the turnaround till finish. S-Cap Plus pill @ start & mile 5. 1 Huma gel mile 8.
Age Division (M45-49): 46
Gender: 325
Overall: 402
1 @ 7:30
2 @ 7:37
3 @ 7:29
4 @ 7:46
5 @ 7:37
6 @ 7:42
7 @ 7:55
8 @ 7:56
9 @ 7:43
10 @ 7:59
11 @ 8:10
12 @ 7:57
13 @ 7:42
2019 Oct 13 13.10 1:42:39 0:07:50 2019 Long Beach Marathon - Garmin watch died @ mile 2, ran with mild cold symptoms.  I noticed symptoms during run, not recommended!  Ran with nothing but 12oz bottle with 1/2 a packet of Tailwind powder.
Div M45-49: 33
Gender:  299
Overall: 352
2021 Oct 10 13.10 1:57:25 0:08:58 2021 Long Beach Marathon - Ran a relaxed pace, because I'm not trained for speed, but put some effort in the last mile.
Div M45-49: 74
Gender: 612
Overall: 786
2022 Oct 09 13.10 2:02:10 0:09:20 2022 Long Beach Marathon - Ran a relaxed pace, because I'm not trained for speed, but put some effort in the last mile. BIB # 1822
Div M45-49: 121
Gender: 1069
Overall: 1510
2023 Oct 15 13.10 1:59:16 0:09:06 2023 Long Beach Marathon - felt stronger in the later miles than last year, of course. BIB # 1757
Div M50-54: 173
Gender: 73 / 322
Overall: 1290 / 8135
2024 Oct 06 13.10 1:57:52 0:09:00 2024 Long Beach Marathon 40 year anniversary - only trained up to 10 miles and ran on 3-4 hours broken sleep. BIB # 4230
Div M50-54: 84 out of 348
Gender: 1300 /  5359
Overall:  1682 out of 10838
Date Times
1 2008 Feb 03 2:06:34
2 2008 Oct 31 1:49:04
3 2008 Dec 07 1:41:34
4 2009 Feb 01 1:40:56
5 2009 Oct 11 1:41:47
6 2010 Jul 25 1:45:39
7 2010 Feb 07 2:10:25
8 2011 May 01 1:37:51
9 2011 May 14 1:39:57
10 2012 Oct 07 1:35:46 PR
11 2013 Dec 26 1:38:49
12 2014 Feb 02 1:38:17
13 2015 Feb 01 1:37:30
14 2015 Oct 11 1:39:53
15 2015 Nov 08 1:52:29
16 2016 Feb 07 1:48:01
17 2016 Oct 09 1:39:36
18 2017 Feb 05 1:39:33
19 2017 Oct 08 1:37:57
20 2018 Feb 04 1:40:40
21 2018 Oct 07 1:45:25
22 2019 Feb 03 1:42:30
23 2019 Oct 13 1:42:39
24 2021 Oct 10 1:57:25
25 2022 Oct 09 2:02:10
26 2023 Oct 15 1:59:16
27 2024 Oct 06 1:57:52