The Results

I may write more later, but I'm pushed for time because I plan to meet my folks for lunch. The long-awaited half-marathon is complete. I have two times to report. The first is the gun time, 1:54:00 minutes. The second is what racers, evidently, call the net time. The net time begins once I actually cross the start line -- it is the time measured by a chip placed on my shoe -- and is a more accurate measure of my actual speed. That time, I'm proud to announce was 1:52:52. 

I have come a long way in just a few short months. My goal for this race was, in retrospect, modest; I wanted to finish it under 2 hours. As I told my folks after I crossed the finish line, I've only just begun.