Marathon Results

We did it-we finished 10k! Twas a good day! My students were quite concerned about us going in a marathon when we don't speak Korean and thought it was a bad idea. Sometimes I wonder how they think we've survived at all this last year in doing anything. The day started off a bit rough when no taxis were anywhere in sight. After we stood for awhile with no hope of a ride, Blake gave the thumbs up sign to a random car. Turns out they recognized our marathon shirts and gave us a lift. We couldn't really communicate well, but I think they understood we were thankful! Other than that, it was a great day and really...who needs language when all you're doing is running? Blake finished the race no problem in 1 hour. He was actually hoping to score one of the best times in the girls category- we signed up for the run on the internet and he didn't know how to change the gender to male- so he proudly ran with a 'red' number on his shirt in the girls category.
I finished 1 hour and 14 minutes and I am extremely sore now! My goal was to simply finish and not really worry about speed or time. I kindof felt like the slow turtle passing all the fast little bunnies who got tired half-way through. So vindicating! The day ended with us finishing the race and then going to the foot massage hut where they had students give us a great massage- it was so wonderful! Here are a few pictures from the day. Please note the spelling of depository in the first picture! :)

Here are a few pictures of the Daegu World Cup Stadium where the race began and ended.

This is a picture of Blake and I early in the morning before the race. Blake looks really sleepy!

Here are some shots of some of the runners. We had to put our camera in a locker so we don't have any pictures of us during the race.

After our run posing with the weird big head dude. This shot followed quite a hilarious scene where a bratty little boy tried to pull the head off the mascot and nearly succeeded.

Below is Blake and I with our 'finisher medals ' at the end of the run. We handed the staff our computer chips and they handed us finisher medals for the 42.5km run instead of the 10km. They must have assumed because of our incredible physique that we were in the full marathon. Easy mistake! :) On these rare occasions, the language barrier works to our advantage!