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"I thought the course was good and challenging. I wouldn't change a thing." ---Rob Guissanie
"You have redefined the meaning of 'somewhat challeging'." ---Jerry Heinz
"It's a very tough course, especially after about mile 7. The last mile is designed to make you see God." ---Marty Mazur
"I was looking for God during the last mile, but I didn't see him. I guess he finished ahead of me too."
--- Albert Mabus, last male finisher at the 2001 NVHM
2009 Race: The 26th Annual Nittany Valley Half-Marathon was held on Sunday, December 6. The weather was clear, but cold, with temperatures in the high 20s at the start and some moderate breezes on top of that. The first couple of miles of the race also had some slick spots. All this may account for the times, which were on the slow side. All the same, the record turnout of nearly 450 runners had a great time. The results are here with photos. A race story will be included shortly.
Nittany Valley Half-Marathon Results from Years Gone By:
- Course Description, Map, and Elevation Profile from the NVRC Maps Pages.
- Men's Event Record: 1984, Bill Reifsnyder, 1:07:07
Men's Present Course Record: 2006, Nathan Harkins, 1:11:34
Women's Event and Course Record: 2006, Martha Nelson, 1:19:57
- A back-of-the-envelope Half-Marathon training program.
- Race Day Helpful Hints For Middle-of-the Pack Half-Marathoners.
- Time vs. Age Plots from the 1993-1997 Races A few years ago, Dave Boger compiled all of the times, genders, and ages that he had from the 1993-1997 races and graphed them. The graph shows all of the data, along with a least-squares-generated second-order polynomial fit, representing time averages for each gender by age. Granted, there's quite a bit of scatter, but Dave thought the result was interesting anyway.
- Runner's Gazette story on the 'unseasonably cold' 2000 Nittany Valley Half-Marathon (by Morgan Wasikons).
- Miscellaneous Data on Past Races.
- The weather for the Half can be anything from summer-like (1998) to brutally hibernal. See the Miscellaneous Data page for a complete weather history. Troy Klinger, won the 1992 race in 1:16:28, and may at times have thought he was the only person on the course due to white-out conditions. He offers this recollection:
"I remember winning the 1992 race in wicked conditions. I have
to credit the victory to the fact that the PSU Team did not show up
for a change. As a typical runner I can remember the details of every
race well; the first few miles were on snow covered roads until we got out
near the airport. At that point the roads were clear as an unfortunate
result of some really nasty cross winds. I believe Boyd Brumbaugh
finished second that year, but I'm not certain. I remember running with
him during the the mid to latter half of the race.”
Sponsors
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The Nittany Valley Half-Marathon pages were developed by Dave Boger during his tenure as Race Director for the Half. We're happy to carry forward his fine web page design.
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Last Updated on Monday, 07 December 2009 09:39 |
