Palm Beaches Half Marathon

West Palm Beach, Florida

Sunday, December 2, 2018

On Sunday, December 2, 2018 I completed the Palm Beaches Half Marathon in West Palm Beach, Florida.  It was a little warm as the temperature varied from 75 to 82 degrees wind sunny skies and little wind.  The course is relatively flat on city roads with no ups or downs of any consequence.  The roads were closed to traffic and police and volunteers controlled intersections.  Water/Gatorade stations were located every 1 to 1.5 miles and were manned by plenty of friendly efficient volunteers taking care of the needs of the 772 finishers in the half marathon and 274 finishers in the full marathon.  This is the second year for this event and my first time doing it.  There previously was a Marathon and Half Marathon of the Palm Beaches that lasted 15 years (I completed that event all 15 years) and went out of existence after 2014 because of organization and permitting problems especially because of disruption of traffic.  I not sure that the new event did any better with traffic than the old event.

 The Exposition

Before The Race

Chester Kalb

Jaime and Lori Moger

After The Race

A Double Amputee Does The Half Marathon

Chester Kalb

Ricardo Ripalda and His Wife