You choose your route, you like the track, streets parks, or the desert. You choose your distance, long-distance, or short but it doesn’t mean you will reach your destination. You choose your running partner, sometimes he chooses you or you might meet by chance or you might choose to just run by yourself. You choose […]
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Running for My Freedom
Whenever someone asked me, why did you tone down my political activities? I answered: I am now happy and running. I really felt running as a therapy one day, but I never saw the direct relation between running and freedom. One friend noticed the direct relation in my case, between feeling trapped with limited abilities to […]
1- Don’t exceed your usual pace especially at the start of the race. 2- When you adjust to your comfortable running pace keep going and you may increase your pace as times go by and as you approach the final kilometers. 3- Don’t look behind you, keep focusing, you are racing against yourself only. 4- Don’t […]
Thursday night, we went to get our race numbers, t-shirts, and bags. Friendly atmosphere and a smooth experience. There was live music at Abu el Tig El Gouna Piazza and free Koshary dishes served by the organizers themselves. They explained the route, rules, and instructions for tomorrow’s big event. The race started the next day […]
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My First Official Half Marathon
When you love someone or something, sometimes you don’t have explanations for your behaviors toward your love, but here are some enlightenments of what happened before, during, and after the race. Just before the race started, I had one very short moment of tears in my eyes, maybe it’s the happiness for finally standing to […]