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msmatx · 2 years ago

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02.24.23— Week 20 [TLV Half-Marathon]

Tel Aviv Half Marathon. I have never been so unprepared for a race. Except for the fact that mentally the race was an analogy for our stay in Israel. It also happened to be on our five-month anniversary, and likely our halfway point.

I never considered quitting school or returning to the states early. And in hindsight, I am shocked we didn’t quit. Those first few months, up until end of December, were so unbelievably hard and we [me & atlas] were so overwhelmed. But we pushed through and I took that same mindset into the run.

Not only did I not do a proper training regimen prior to running, but I was also eating croissants and macarons for three weeks straight on vacation. And then I sat down for eight days straight to write my term papers. And then Watson died earlier this week and I lost so much sleep and was just emotionally a mess. I thought about not running up until the night before. The thought of getting to and from the race was also a good reason to not cancel.

But I got up at 5am, got myself ready, and headed out the door. As I walked to the street, convinced I was going to get a Gett, I noticed two runners trying to hail a cab. No cars driving by was a big clue that this would be tricky so I started walking toward Dizengoff. A few minutes later, I came across the runners I’d seen earlier. They had panicked energy and we concluded that getting a cab was going to be a hat trick. Eventually, one appeared, driven by a man who spoke no English (but oddly threw out some Spanish words in my direction). The other two runners were from Poland and NYC. They had cash; I did not (bad planning). I had just enough Hebrew to convince the driver to take us and tell him where to go. The driver was so annoyed with us. When we were near Hayarkon park, where the race started, he literally pulled off to the side of the highway and motioned us to get out. We were close enough.

The half marathon stared at 6:00am and the full marathon at 6:50am. I started with the marathon wave, which was nice in the beginning. Great energy. At mile two those runners went right for the longer course, and I went left with about three other runners. For much of the remainder race, I was one of a handful of runners on the half marathon course. Eventually I was lapped by the elite marathon runners, which was quite exciting to see. It was a lovely way to take in all the sites and sounds of TLV. I ran through neighborhoods I don’t normally visit. It’s amazing how quickly we become insular to a few block radius.

About halfway through, I ran by our old street [Mapu] and the closest point to our current apartment. And Hero and Atlas were waiting on the sidewalk with their cute signs. It was everything. They’d worked on their signs the night before and wouldn’t let me see what they’d written. I loved the surprise and their signs were great representations of their personalities.

Then about two more miles along the course, I called them and told Hero to go to school. The race was on Friday morning so it was a school day. Atlas kept saying “why?” Five minutes later I turned the corner and they were on the sidewalk to surprise me. I had no idea they’d figured out how to make their way to another part of the course.

The end of the race was super hard. The last four miles were definitely a slow run/walk. I did get to see the well-known Israeli marathoner, Lonah Salpeter. She was attempting to break her PR10k in this race and she lapped me the last quarter mile. It was so exciting to see her run by with all the cameras and pacer vehicles. She didn’t break her record but she is clearly a rockstar in Israel.

After the race, I had to find my way back to the apartment, as arduous as it was getting to the race, it was just as challenging getting home after the race. The start and finish lines were in Hayarkon park, an enormous park in central TLV. I had to walk two miles to get to a neighborhood where I could get a cab. The cab driver and I sat in traffic for 45 minutes but we had the most enthusiastic conversation about Israeli politics. Such a great way to end the experience.

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izazilli · 7 years ago

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Rede Bourbon patrocina Circuito PR10K de corrida

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Rede Bourbon patrocina Circuito PR10K de corrida

Um circuito em dez etapas, em dez cidades do Paraná, nas modalidades 5km e 10km. Esta é a proposta do Circuito PR10K de corrida, que movimenta o estado no segundo semestre. A Bourbon Hotéis & Resorts é uma das patrocinadoras e também anfitriã, pois vai oferecer tarifas especiais em seus hotéis para os atletas.

A primeira etapa será em Cascavel (25/06) e o Bourbon Cascavel Express Hotel terá tarifas a partir de R$ 150,00 para os participantes, com café da manhã. Em Ponta Grossa (02/07), o Bourbon Ponta Grossa Convention Hotel vai oferecer diárias a partir de R$ 179,00. Para a etapa de Foz do Iguaçu (16/07), o Bourbon Cataratas Convention & Spa Resort terá tarifas a partir de R$ 313,00. Em Londrina (23/07), as tarifas especiais partem de R$ 182,00 noBourbon Londrina Business Hotel. Já o Rio Hotel by Bourbon Curitiba Aeroporto vai oferecer tarifas a partir de R$ 149,00 e o Bourbon Dom Ricardo Business Hotel terá tarifas a partir de R$ 179,00 para os participantes da etapa de São José dos Pinhais, em 03/09. A décima e última etapa será em Curitiba, no dia 26/11. O Rio Hotel by Bourbon Curitiba Batel terá tarifas especiais a partir de R$ 179,00 e o Bourbon Curitiba Convention Hotel vai oferecer diárias a partir de R$ 229,00.

Sobre a Bourbon Hotéis & Resorts

Idealizada há mais de 50 anos pela família Vezozzo, a Bourbon Hotéis & Resorts consolida sua atuação no mercado da América Latina, como um grupo internacional e com opções para personalizar o atendimento aos hóspedes e clientes. Sob o comando de Alceu A. Vezozzo Filho, ela atende a todos os segmentos de hospedagem com um completo portfólio de categorias e marcas, classificadas de acordo com o perfil de cada empreendimento. Hoje, a Rede conta com uma unidade Be – Bourbon Exclusive (Buenos Aires – ARG), duas unidades na categoria Convention & Spa Resort (Atibaia – SP e Foz do Iguaçu – PR), três na Convention (Assunção – PY, Curitiba – PR e Ibirapuera – SP), quatro na categoria Business (Alphaville– SP, Joinville – SC, São José dos Pinhais e Londrina – PR), duas na categoria Residence (Rio de Janeiro – RJ e Vitória – ES), duas na Express (Cascavel – PR e São Paulo) e duas unidades de sua nova marca Rio Hotel by Bourbon (São José dos Pinhais e Curitiba – PR), totalizando 16 hotéis em operação. A Rede também expande seu trabalho de responsabilidade social e ambiental com o Instituto Bourbon, um programa de resgate social por meio da construção de moradias e escolas, em Cambará (PR).

Mais informações sobre as marcas, categorias e ações da Rede no link www.bourbon.com.br/quem-somos/marcas.

Atendimento à imprensa | Grupo Excom

Paraná (41) 3343-7574

Adriana Martins | [email protected] (41) 3523-0765

Cecília Brandão | [email protected] (41) 3523-0755

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