Over a month ago I signed up and went to Siem Reap for a half marathon race. I was excited about running the race but I was even more excited about getting together and seeing my friends. It's one of those things that you know will always be a good time no matter what. With some of the volunteers who are spread out further from your own site it may take a little while longer to get to see that person. Traveling to each others site can take as long as fifteen hours sometimes it may be a shorter distance and it'll only take about an hour. It just depends but when there is a big event going on than the chances of seeing more volunteers are a lot higher and those are the times that i know i would kick myself if i ever missed out from all the fun.
Siem Reap has a great art scene. I took advantage of going to a hotel that had a photo gallery inside . I can never break myself away from any sort of photos that are on display.
Like I said, nothing jokes and laughter when we all get together.
Neysa! Love her to death. She's always the life of the party.
This is the map for our race. My heart started pacing when i saw this and the race wasn't until the next day.
Neysa, Irene and I got really excited about a Christmas tree. Cambodians don't really celebrate christmas and I kind of forgot about it since it still feels like summer here but any time there is a decorated tree it's always a great reminder of what my friends and family are doing back home.
This is our five a.m. photo.
The morning sunrise at Angkor Wat.
Ready to go!
There were over five thousand runners there from all over the world. While i was running i could hear all sorts of languages being spoken around me. I loved every minute of it.
The infamous Angkor Wat.
The best part about running the race were all the children lined up on the side of road wanting to give high fives to all the runners. Seeing their smiles and hearing their "hellos" definitely made this race go by a lot smoother.
Being this close to some ancient temples definitely added more to having a "runers high" experience.
I go excited to see a person running with a christmas hat. I thought capturing her and the temple in the background would give a better insight on the time the event took place.
Even the monks were on the side of road to give us their full support and some more high fives.
I'm definitely glad that i took my camera along. I know i ran the risk of having it get completely soaked in my sweat but i was deteremined.
Almost done!
Yay for my friends finishing before me and for cheering me on in the end.
Thanks guys for the love and support.
I know it took me a while to run the race. I'm a slow runner and will admit it but at least i finished it.
The K4's (the fourth group of volunteers to serve in Campodia)
The K5 runners. We each got a red medal that said Finishers.
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