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I did it. My first half-marathon and I hit my target of 1:45:12. And all it took was 14 weeks of training, a week of healthy eating, and cutting back from five packs to one pack of cigarettes a week. I felt it was too dangerous to my health to cut back on the drinking, so I kept booze in my training diet. I ran a 8:06 mile the whole way, with a negative split-time. I placed around 500th out of 2355 in the Men’s Division.

But honestly, without those Kenyans, I’d probably have placed in the top 100. Actually, I don’t think Kenyans bother running the half-marathon. It’s more of a warm-up for them. Considering how easy marathons are for them, I can’t imagine why they would even bother running a half, unless its for practicing their sprinting skills. Read the rest of this entry »

Two weeks ago, I ran in the Vancouver Sun Run and did it in 50:11. This year, I signed up in the 0:00 to 44:00 group, which is generally restricted to Kenyans and cheetahs. Somehow, they seemed to think I was one of the above. Still, I was only 6 min off my mark.

I’ll be running in the Vancouver Half Marathon this Sunday. It’s entirely possible that I might not be able to stop running and somehow, end up in Toronto at the end of it. Twenty-one kilometres of pavement and (hopefully) sunshine. Apparently, there are water stations and more interestingly, sponge stations, along the race course. Sponsors welcome and donations are accepted!