November 09, 2007 The US Half Marathon

01:52pm by Lijen (Random)

As the great Johnny Chase once so gloriously yelled into the Grand Canyon… Victorrrryyy! That, my friends, is the look of a broken, exhausted (and constipated?) man. You like my pink dry fit don’t you?

I just got these pictures in my email today, so I thought I’d do a quick entry on the US Half Marathon that I ran with my friends Ben (left) and Tony (right). It was my first half marathon, and I dare say might very well have been my last. It was a grueling 13.1 miles, which included a pretty pleasant jog across the Golden Gate Bridge. The thing is, the actual event itself wasn’t all that difficult, I think it has to do with your adrenaline being boosted by the whole event production and such. Naw, it wasn’t the actual run… The run was fun. What sucked was waking up early every god forsaken morning to run 4 miles for training. I’m a night person; waking up at the butt-crack of dawn, not to run from point A to point B, but to run from point A to point A, isn’t exactly what I would consider a grand ol’ time. I don’t understand how people do it. It hurts so bad… But when alls said and done, I’m really glad I did it. It was by far the most fun I’ve ever had running in a giant circle…

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