Getting our race kits.
Excited to start running!
The best parts to me were the places where bands or DJs were blaring music and people were cheering. There were lots of little kids giving out high fives along the route which made me smile. Lucky for me, my wonderful husband decided to run it with me (even though he is much faster than me) and was a major encouragement along the way. After about the half-way point the hills started to do me in mentally (another one! I can't even see the top! My legs feel like lead! and so on..) but he kept encouraging me and keeping a good pace. It was a really fun thing to do together, and will be a great memory of our time here.
Excited to finish :) !
I remember after the Toronto half ("fast and flat!" is its slogan) I thought - man, these are fun! During this one I thought why am I doing this?? But once we finished (at the top of another long hill) I couldn't help but feel how fun the whole experience was. Right after we crossed the line Zach said something along the lines of "This is awesome - it would be fun to do a full marathon!" ahhhhh. I don't think I'm there yet! I like the half because to me it still feels like a challenge and I don't really race for a specific time - I like the fun of running through a new place in a big crowd with music; and having a race gives me a good goal to keep me motivated to run and stay fit.
pre-race pasta dinner with obligatory Israeli cover band :)
Nice! Congrats on finishing!! One of the guys I hung out with last year in the hostel ran the full marathon (It must have been later last year?) Pretty sure it rained for most of it... from his stories it did not sound like fun.
ReplyDeletewow that's crazy - I can't imagine doing the full one - they have to run up Mt.Scopus! And yah, I heard they had hail too..much better weather this year :)
DeleteSo fun Lis! I was hoping you would post on this :) Congrats!
ReplyDeleteNice pun Lisa...!
ReplyDeleteAnd such a cool experience!!
People like to say that in Israel, they walk where Jesus walked. Now you can say you ran where Jesus walked.
ReplyDelete"The finish area had music, zumba groups and lots of delicious fruit." What more could you ever want?!! Sign me up.
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