Xi'an's Og

Thanks to Florence Forbes, who was also celebrating Adrian Raftery’s carreer (so far!),  I became aware the day before that there would be a 10k race in down-town Seattle, around Lake Union, Sunday morning, and decided to join, despite the hefty entry fees (although reduced for seniors like me!), and with a rather poor week, training-wise. With the impression that it was an easier race than the week before, being mostly flat… After a very fast, too fast, start, I began to feel belly pains, which forced me to stop twice by convenient bushes and to slow down to standard training times (despite keeping to 20mn at the 5k mark). A counter-performance, when I could have been among the 20 first runners with last week time (39:26). I wonder what is the origin for these belly issues, between having drunk (a small amount of) beer the previous evening, eaten deep-fried oysters the previous lunch (on Seattle harbour), swam in Lake Washington (with otters!!) the previous morning, or simply opting for a cereal breakfast too close to the time of the race… In addition, my time did not get recorded properly and I got listed as non-finisher, missing the podium in my age group. Oh well, not all races can be great and enjoyable!

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