The men’s hats lasted 3 minutes longer Saturday than last year, while the women’s hats lasted 5 minutes longer. One of the big goals for many runners is to finish in time to get a hat - which means finishing in the top 10%. I didn’t run as fast as I hoped, but I did PR.” “I hadn’t done Gate in two years so it was nice to come back and this is the fastest I’ve run in a decade so I’m proud of that,” Campbell said. Jonathan Hulzebos won the Men’s First Coast Cup with a time of 49:03, and Laura Campbell won the Women’s First Coast Cup in 58:21. and it was very breezy with south to southwest winds blowing around 15 mph putting some headwinds into the first leg into San Marco, according to The Weather Authority meteorologist Mark Collins. Temperatures in the mid-70s might not sound like serious heat for Florida but that was enough to set a record for the hottest River Run start time ever, according to News4JAX meteorologist John Gaughan. There were also cash prizes for anyone who set a world, American or course record, but the weather kept that from being a factor. The elite men and women were competing for a combined $58,000 in prize money with $12,000 each going to the top man and top woman. Bor’s time was the 12th best in race history for the men.
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