The Handsome Man with Athletic Thighs
Running In Circles
 
Saturday, January 15th
Nookachamps Half-Marathon

Resting Pulse: Not Recorded
Weight: Not Recorded
Course: Nookachamps Half-Marathon
Distance: 13.1 Miles (14 Miles w/Warm-up)
Time: 1:47:27
Other Exercises: None
Weather: Mostly Sunny, Low 20's

Comments: Seriously, this was the worst half-marathon I've ever run. I might have run slower during the Seattle Half-marathon I did while I was in Junior High, but I'd have to check the seconds to make sure. I went from seven-minute miles to eight-minute miles to nine-minute miles to an all-time worst 10:30 final mile. I've run better when I had heat-stroke. I don't know what was wrong with me. I didn't feel tired; I just felt slow. And just when I thought I couldn't go any slower, I slowed down. This race put me closer to quitting running forever than anything else ever has. I'm still not sure if I'm going to continue. Over the last nine months or so, every race has been worse than the last. If I keep up this rate of deceleration, I'll be walking races instead of running them.

Well, at least I can say I saw some Trumpeter Swans.
 
Sometimes I feel like I'm breathing underwater.