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# Last half marathon of 2009
- URL: https://kudithipudi.org/last-half-marathon-of-2009/
- Published: 2009-10-27T03:08:13.000Z
- Updated: 2009-10-27T03:08:13.000Z
- Description: I ran the last (at least for now) half marathon of 2009 this weekend along with Jahnavi and Sri. We ran the Northface Endurance Challenge Half...
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- Tags: 2009 : Half Marathons, Fun, Running, Sports, Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-23 02:32

I ran the last (at least for now) half marathon of 2009 this weekend along with Jahnavi and Sri. We ran the Northface Endurance Challenge Half Marathon. The [Northface Endurance Challenge](http://www2.thenorthface.com/endurancechallenge/?ref=kudithipudi.org)s are a collection of races which take place in the wilderness across the US throughout the year. The race in Wisconsin, held each October, is the easiest out of them. I ran this race [last year](https://kudithipudi.org/official-time-for-the-2008-north-face-endurance-challenge/) and wanted to make this of my annual races.

My official time for the race was [3:01:09](http://www.sportstats.ca/find-an-athlete-find-a-race-search.php?lang=eng&first=VINAY&last=KUDITHIPUDI&ref=kudithipudi.org) (\~31 minutes slower than my time from last year). So this makes it my slowest half marathon ever. How do I continue to keep breaking these [slow records](https://kudithipudi.org/i-guess-i-am-a-superman/)? 🙂 Well, by not practicing :).

While the run itself was painful (reminder for self.. never ever run a half marathon in the woods without practicing!!), it was fun to have Jahnavi accompany me on her first half marathon. She was a real trooper and kept me company throughout the race. I also took some videos of the race (that again tells you how poorly I prepared for the race 🙂 ). Here is a snippet from my last mile, I was delusional by this point 🙂

The obligatory pre and post race pictures 🙂

**Pre Race**

![](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2766/4044883530_07edca49b1.jpg "2009 : Northface Endurance Challenge")

**Post Race**

![](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2456/4044157459_424d01806f.jpg "2009 : Northface Endurance Challenge")