Monday, September 29, 2008 (55 minutes)

I was about to get pretty upset. I was stung by a bee on the bottom of my right big toe just a few minutes shy of my one hour goal. This after a mild hamstring injury that I'm not sure is 100%, a bad race, and illness. It seems common that these things clump together.

Normally I swell up with a big red welt when I'm stung, but it's been eight hours and still looks fine. Good thing when I got stung I immediately stopped and yanked the stinger out in a graceless flurry of monoleg locomotion and pathetic yelpings of pain. Score another one for the vertebrates.

Here is a comic I stole from the internet. SCREW YOU, INSECTS!