Ran in a race

[amawahibiki]

Yesterday there was some wierd sports day things (the DHL relay) where 5000 teams of 5 people run 25km each (5km per person). I was third on one of the math department teams. It was actually a lot of fun! Surprisingly, the fact I have one and a half lungs (because of the terrorist ym"sh) wasn't as much of a problem as I thought it would be- I was only really out of breath after 3km. I came away with the feeling that a little bit of practice might go a long way towards improving my (actually all things considered perfectly respectable) performance. I also got to witness how much my level of fitness has dropped since living in Kyoto when I would climb the Daimonji each morning at 4:30AM to say Shacharis...
Anyway, for the first time in this LJ, pictures!


Before the race:




After the race: