9:15 am: Wake up
10:00 am: Taking the elevator with my wife on my way to work
Five hours earlier…
5:30 am: Warming up in 26th of July street in Zamalek
6:00 am: Taking a selfie with the group in front of Ibrahim Pasha statue
6:15 am: Heading back on Kasr el Nile bridge watching the sun rise and the full moon in a beautiful scenery
6:40 am: Taking breakfast in Copenhagen Patisserie in Zamalek
8:30 am: Taking a nap
2 hours later on…
10:20 am: Seeing patients in the outpatient clinic
I felt like a Batman, having a double life, a runner at dawn and a doctor by day, and it felt good.
Being able to wake up so early in the morning doing the thing you love and keeping your body healthy is such a great start for the day. By moving and pushing your body to run, you are not only doing maintenance, you are making it what it’s built to do, remembering it’s built in genetic instinct of running, hunting, and exploring.
I saw a different Egypt by dawn, 2 young ladies running on the other side of Kasr El Nile bridge, I really wanted to salute their will and power, but in my own running group I had 2 first timers to run 10k who also deserve recognition for their high spirit.
Running in a group is such an add on, I highly recommend adding a group run at least once a week for every casual runner.
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