Depression is like suffering from a coma, you know that you are awake physically but mentally you are in somewhere else. By time this will also drain you physically, you will lose interest in everything even food and going to work starts to become an impossible task and it becomes more freaky when even pizza doesn't even fix you. The last couple of months were really hard on me and I fell down to this dark place that made me freak out but what made try to at least keep moving is the annual half marathon. You see, in the last three years the half marathon became a huge part in my life, and running as a sport is the best thing that happened to me in the last three years. Waking up and running is really awesome, you spend a year preparing yourself then you get the chance to challenge your self mentally and physically at the half marathon. This year's event was really important to me, to prove to myself that deep inside I'm still alive and that yes I can fight my demons and get back on track again. so here are some of the personal and general highlights of yesterday's event:
1- One of the most important things that you should do while running a half marathon is keeping yourself nurtured to avoid hitting the runners wall and this year the organizers made sure that the participants didn't suffer from such a fate by distributing bananas and dates while running.
2- Never in a million years would anyone expect that about 7,000 person went to the event!!! 7,000 runner invading the streets of Cairo!! this by itself is a mind blowing achievement.
3- At some point my knees were killing me and my hopes of breaking my last year's personal record were about to get crushed this when the spirit of the warrior took over me when his mighty entrance music hit me, thanks to this moment I managed to achieve my goal. RIP Mr Warrior...
4- Cheer leaders, clowns, an american football team, some nice Maadi folks,Reebok, and the freaking scouts!! the organizers made sure to bring as much people as possible to cheer the runners and give them an extra push to finish the half marathon, thanks guys...
5- Seeing people like Mohamed Al- Sawy and the godfather of underground sports in Egypt Captain Hesham running besides you is a great treat and gives people like me the motivation to keep going and yes to make fitness and sports part of your lifestyle.
5- Seeing Cairokee live after a hell of a run is a really nice treat and the way people interacted with the band made the live show a really epic one, hell yeah \m/...
6- A huge shout out to those who are going to represent Egypt in the years Olympics in Rio, good luck guys and a really great gesture from Cairo runners and the organizing team.
A huge thank you to Cairo runners for such an amazing event!!! without a doubt Cairo runners is the most important thing that happened to me in the last three years, 3 years of running and 3 half marathons, now lets get ready for number 4 \m/ ......
