Good luck on the 1:36. That's an admirable goal! I haven't done many HM's, maybe 5 or 6. My best was in Jacksonville (the Thanksgiving Day Outback HM), I ran a 1:23:20 and won my age group (and got a sweet $45 Outback gift certificate!). That was in 2007, I think. Funny story, I "won" the Baltimore HM in 2010. I didn't register for the race...and a friend of mine from the DC Triathlon Club had 4 or 5 bibs that some of their members who signed up for the race couldn't use...so I went and used one of the bibs. I didn't' realize, but it was a woman's bib. I got first place female....and they, obviously, disqualified me...and they sent the chick a letter telling her she was banned from all future Baltimore races (the organization that put on the race banned her from any of their races). My time was high 1:24 (just under 1:25, which is slow for a woman's winning time). I guess I should have looked at the name on the bib before I wore it! That was in October and in November I ran a 2:58 at the OBX Marathon.