I hope you enjoyed Fluke's recent blog posts! Just reading about the pho restaurant made me crave it this morning! It's been getting colder and colder, so pho just sounds perfect right now! ^^ Anyway, on to the topic of this post...RUNNING!
I absolutely LOVE running. I didn't realize this about myself until I stopped running on the treadmill and starting running outside. Sure, sometimes it's hard to motivate myself to get started, but once I change into my running clothes and shoes (which are very important by the way--I'm a huge Nike fan now haha), I'm ready to go!
Some of you know that I ran in a few 10km races in Korea and recently just ran my first (hopefully not last!) half marathon this past weekend. The races are so much fun! I hate waking up early in the morning to get to the race start, but the races themselves are awesome. I've run around downtown Daegu, along Daedepo beach in Busan, through Daegu Stadium (where the AIIF championships were held and the World Cup!!), around the northwest part of Daegu, and last Sunday, I ran on the new path along the Dalseong River in Daegu. I would've never seen these beautiful parts of Daegu and Busan if I didn't run in those races! Here's some of my running photos! I have these photos thanks to Fluke! Each race he came to support me and our friends who also ran! Thanks Fluke!
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| Daegu Smiling Dalseo 10km |
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| At the finish line! |
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| Inside Daegu Stadium after the 10km race |
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| Just started the half marathon... |
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| Last hill before the finish line! |
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| Made it! ^^ |
1. The admins for the group post all running events (that they know about) in cities all over Korea. There are a TON of races in Korea and the race list is frequently updated as more are announced. I look at the list and decide which races I want to do!
2. There's a document in the Facebook group with step-by-step instructions on how to register for races in Korean. Once you learn the basic words to look for on a race website, registering is pretty much the same each time.
3. The group is a community of runners with varying levels of experience. Sometimes, members post really interesting articles related to running. Since I'm new to running, I find these articles really helpful!
4. When anyone has a question about registering, paying for races, how to get to a race start from a different city, etc, someone will usually have the answer!
So that's my running update! I'm done with races for now because it's getting to be too cold outside! I think there's a few races left this year, but the half marathon yesterday was my last race. I'm looking forward to joining some races in California next year!!
