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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 […]

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My First Official Half Marathon

Until 7 am – 16th of December 2016, my longest run in more than 20 years was my participation in the Pyramiden Lauf 7k race (March 2016). On that day I decided to participate in Cairo Runners weekly gathering to run for a new challenge for me 8.5K. On that day a magic moment happened, […]

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NYTimes: How to form healthy habits in your 20s

How to form healthy habits in your 20s https://nyti.ms/2efFz14 An article of how to form the running habit, it’s also applies to any age 

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Hope for the Wind

Friday’s training was to run 10k, my final long run before the half marathon next week. Hesham my friend called in the morning and apologized for not running with me. Of course, I had second thoughts, should I go or just rest today? Especially since we were supposed to run in Wadi Degla and I […]

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A Full Circle of Guilt & Pleasure

Thank god, I feel much better than expected after finishing the 21k, I followed the same routine of recovery: Immediate stretching, good hydration, cold water immersion, adequate healthy food, compression stock, and adequate sleeping. I did not get the back pain this time, but I did get some quadriceps pain, especially at the insertion, but […]