The Race of wonder

Last Sunday marked the first time in ever that Hilary and I raced together. Except technically we didn't race together cuz Hilary was doing the 10km race and I opted for the 5km 'My-Appendix-is-Missing' race. We bussed up to some town near the DMZ (De-Militarlized Zone) and stretched away until the beginning of the coolio raceness time. Voila 'les filles' who trained hard and ran harder: Sara, Hilary, Jennifer, Arthur (he's a boy) and Jackie. Pretty impressive with their cheery dispositions and arm-ically attached ipods! Super-Wow Team! Way to go!

So we ran, and so did many other Koreans. T'was a beautiful day to run and we both hit our personal bests! Hil did her 10k in 57:30ish and I did my 5k in 20:15. We were so pleased, we decided to take this picture.

Our good friend Sara also did a wonderful job and happened to place 3rd overall for the women in the half marathon (21km)!!! We were VERY proud of our dudette. She was awarded some loot and a glass trophy, although she did miss out on the bag of rice, awarded solely to the ever-coveted 5th, 6th and 7th places. We also missed out on the rice but we did win a 7L thermos great for those days we REALLY want soup.

So yes! It was a great foray into the world of Korean races and we were well pleased with our efforts and the course! It's beautiful and mostly untouched up there (mostly because people shy away from the minefield off in the background) and hopefully we'll get ourselves ready for our own half marathon in November. We shall see indeed!