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31 August 2024 - Schweiz
This evening finds me on the train to Horw, where I'm staying at a hotel 20 minutes fromt the startline tomorrow. I'm excited about the race tomorrow, which is half marathon on a flat course around a lake, the Sarnersee. Hence it's called the Sarnerseelauf. The location is in Obwalden, the last canton I have left to run a race in. I've got a bit of pre-race jitters as usual. I'm worried about oversleeping, because that means I won't be able to complete my goal of racing every canton until next year. I'm a little nervous about the heat and the distance, but I've run a lot of half marathons! Although today the heat was pretty intense, it's still nothing like Nashville where I ran my first half marathon a decade ago. That seems like a lifetime ago. And my goal tomorrow is just to finish under two hours, which I haven't done at a half in about two years.
| 2014-04-26 | Nashville, TN | Country Music Half Marathon | 2:32:15 |
| 2015-10-31 | Brentwood, TN | Harvest Half Marathon | 2:08:54 |
| 2016-09-03 | Treungen, Telemark, Norge | Telemarks Tøffaste | 3:30:59 |
| 2017-08-26 | Stavanger, Rogaland, Norge | Stavanger Halvmaraton | 1:56:53 |
| 2018-01-06 | Tromsø, Troms, Norway | Mørketidsløpet | 2:12:46 |
| 2018-10-28 | Gdańsk, Poland | Półmaraton Gdańsk | 1:52:19 |
| 2018-12-02 | Lisboa, Portugal | Meia Maratona dos Descobrimentos | 1:47:03 |
| 2019-04-07 | Berlin, Deutschland | Berliner Halbmarathon | 1:46:20 |
| 2019-11-10 | Zurrieq, Malta | Zurrieq Half Marathon | 1:54:18 |
| 2021-01-09 | Tromsø, Troms, Norge | Mørketidsløpet | 2:19:01 |
| 2022-04-02 | Prague, Czechia | Sportisimo Prague Half Marathon | 2:00:57 |
| 2022-05-22 | Basel, Schweiz | 3Länderlauf | 1:59:30 |
| 2022-09-17 | Uster, Zürich, Schweiz | Greifenseelauf | 1:49:11 |
| 2023-01-21 | Ewa Beach, HI | Akahai Half Marathon | 2:14:32 |
| 2023-10-01 | Novo Mesto, Slovenija | Novo Mesto Half Marathon | 2:20:34 |
| 2023-10-08 | Zagreb, Hrvatska | Zagrebački polumarathon | 2:17:47 |
| 2023-10-29 | Málaga, Andalucia, España | Medio Maratón de Málaga | 2:16:26 |
| 2024-03-23 | Mostar, Bosna i Hercegovina | Mostar Half Marathon | 2:13:09 |
I've done 18 half marathons, averaging 2:10:43. If you drop the trail run that was Telemarks Tøffaste and limit to just road races then that falls to 2:06 flat. My last five were slower than both of those though. Hawaii I can chalk up to a stomach bug that had me racing between port-o-potties, but the last four were as bad or worse. But I've been doing a lot of running these past weeks. And eating. At 97.2 kg this morning my weight is definitely not where I want it to be. I wish I had more control in that area. Regardless of how I run, tomorrow I will still complete the goal of running in every canton. And that's something to crow about!
