Articles and blogs published by A. I. Shoukry
One great thing about being and newbie runner is that many experiences are a first-timer. Yesterday was my first trail running. The plan was to meet my friend Hesham and run 16k in Wadi Degla, I woke up at 6:30 am on Friday, which is by itself a great achievement. There was a light rain […]
Last Friday I ran 14.5k, well as I said before it was tough, especially if you are doing it for the first time. After running I felt sleepy and tired, the next two days I sometimes felt a strange feeling in my head “lightness” some sort of headache can’t explain, wasn’t bad but strange, at […]
Although I woke up a little bit late I had to do what I had to do and run 14-15k. I wore my compression stocks and took for the first time a bottle of water in my hand and a small pack of nuts in my pocket. After 3 k entered downtown Cairo and as […]
A couple of weeks ago I ran my first 10k and accomplished one of my dreams by running downtown Cairo, I went through Tahrir Square passing through Talaat Harb Street then the 26 of July Street turning right into Mohamed Farid and out through Mohamed Mahmoud Street. Last week I made my first 12k and […]
2 weeks ago, I took a life course-changing decision, I attended one of those last meetings where you want to finish it and just go. Wasn’t quite an easy decision, wasn’t the end I expected, I guess it happens many times that you take an unexpected turn into a path that you never thought you […]