A Triumphant Return to the Beirut Marathon?
Why yes, that’s me on the right, and a Lebanese soldier with an assault rifle guarding the race course… does that not happen in “normal” races?
Earlier this week, I had the chance to catch up with my running buddy (and fellow Dubai Tumblr!) Yousef and his lovely wife Meredith. Over massive steaks and many glasses of Kefraya, our backyard conversation turned to the Beirut Marathon, and we marveled at the fact that Yousef, despite being a devout regional marathoner / ultramarathoner (and half Lebanese, to boot!) had never toed the line for this particular race.
After a few more glasses of Kefraya, someone grabbed an iPhone and looked up the date of this year’s race… and while I won’t speak for Yousef (I’d have done Comrades several times by now if people held me to my tipsy running promises), I think by next November I’ll be able to make a triumphant return to 26.2 on the streets of Beirut.
Since I haven’t been writing much about running lately (mostly because I’m only now getting back into shape after my craptacular Nike Free-induced tendonitis), I dug up the recap I wrote on my old blog from when I ran Beirut back in 2008… in doing so, I was reminded that it’s a pretty epic race - and nothing gets me fired up to train through a Dubai summer like an epic race.
Click the here for the recap!
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The (mis)adventures of an All-American girl in the Middle East.
