Finished the Helsinki half-marathon today. I ran 21 kilometers (13 miles for you Americans) and I didn’t stop or cry or anything. Well, maybe my eyes got a little misty when they called my name at the Olympic Stadium as I hobbled over the finish line and then they handed me a complementary trial-sized yogurt. Other than that, I held it together. 

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Parallax Corporation – The Runner
from Cocadisco. Viewlexx/Disko B, 2000

Me approaching the finish line. Look how I’m breaking out of that pack of old ladies! Photo by the incredibly patient Candy Chang