I’m foolish enough to go all the way to another country to physically torture myself - this time in the form of a half marathon. I managed to finish in decent time, and although my official results have me clocked at 1:47:40, I didn’t cross the start line until almost 4 minutes after the gun went off. So my personal official results say I managed to average just under 8:00 minutes/mile. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

[update 12.13.05: Redemption is mine! The updated race results have corrected my chip time: 1:43:46.1. 7:55 pace. It’s official, I’m the fastest man alive.

The course was mostly downhill (two days later and walking downstairs is still painful), except for the final excruciating 2 miles - uphill and into the wind - but I was able to save a little something for the final 40 meters. As soon as photos of my triumphant race across the finish line are available, they’ll be here.

Aside from the race though, two other highlights to the weekend worth mentioning: a Harvey Keitel sighting at baggage claim, and a walk along the Canada’s Walk of Fame, honoring such famous Canucks as Gordon Lightfoot, Leslie Nielsen, and Lloyd Christmas

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