OWL-DRAGON

Half Wit Message

I received an email from Ron Horn announcing the race results were on line. In his crude, blunt way he confirmed that this was an terrible race weather wise:

1) Imagine if it was 98 degrees and you were abducted, rolled up in a carpet, locked in a van that was abandoned in a parking lot next to the oil refineries in Elizabeth, NJ and left there for 3 days before being discovered. Now add 30 degree to the temperature; THAT"S what it felt like running the Half Wit Half Marathon trail run this past weekend. You couldn't cut the air with a band saw; heck, I tried to pass gas and the air was so think that it wouldn't come out because it had no place to go! Some 55 people had the sense to abandon the race during it, either due to good sense or bad footing, with a few of the more asthmatic ones even pulling up at the 1.3 mile water stop. I recognize these people as the "deep thinkers" of the Half-Wit entries. Why the other 356 morons continued on is anybody's guess! Some did it, no doubt, for the special drink available at the 9.6 and 12.5-mile aide stations. The race started with us having to use a bolt cutter to break into the park and the bathrooms. That should have been an omen to all!! The results are at the bottom of the home page for www.pretzelcitysports.com . My DEEP respect for all that finished; you obviously have incredibly high testosterone levels and do not require anesthesia during surgery.