Saturday, April 2, 2011

I've have now officially run in the first ever Jerusalem International Marathon and my first ever race. It was quite the experience.

Firstly, Jerusalem shut down and as a consequence we couldn't take a taxi. Seeing that there was a bus bombing just a few days before we thought we weren't allowed to ride the buses either, so we walked.... 3 miles. Yup that's right I walked three miles to run 6 miles to walk 3 miles back home.

Secondly, it was the day after we got home from Galilee which was tiring enough but I also was sick as well. I'm officially insane for running.

Thirdly, I somehow managed to get myself on the wrong side of the fence running in to the finish line. It was embarrassing. There was a little planter going into the finish line and it seems that it would be logical that both the left side and the right side would lead to the same spot. I was wrong. I picked the right lane and ran past all the backs of the people cheering on the runners. So I had to sneakily go through the gate so that I could actually run through the finish line. [P.S] The picture of me at the finish line was taken before the start of the race. I did not run in a jacket.

Fourth, I got a medal. My life is complete now.

Fifthly, I have now added to my just started bucket list to run a legit half-marathon, and if I'm really crazy maybe a marathon, but most definitely I will run another 10K. There are so fun.

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