Last year the Cougar Half (OK, let’s call it what it is – the Cougar 13.7 mile) was one of the harder runs I’d done, harder even than the Watershed Marathon.  I remember getting to the final aid station around the time I expected to be done and finding I had three more miles and one more grueling climb to deal with, it was a bit disheartening.  I vowed not to do it again.

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