regaining my teenager stamina as i get biologically older… therefore cycling with friends who are high school students… just done 30km breathing lovely sea air with ‘Jeddah Cyclists’. [Photo courtesy of iara lee.]
my physical and mental aims in life: posture, flexibility, balance, and ultimately: equanimity. [Photo courtesy of iara lee.]
XS petite me with my muscle power JRC buddies, getting ready for triathlon 750m swim, 20km cycling, 5km run. mission accomplished and many medals went to our Jeddah Running Community/JRC members. a glorious fun morning! [Photo courtesy of iara lee.]
woke up 3:30am to prepare and head to my very first triathlon in life. my hope was to just complete it but here i am in the podium with my champion sister nesreen. we had soooo much fun swimming, cycling, running and sweating under harsh morning sun, 75% humidity. triathlon in KSA is for hardcore souls and i discovered i am one. [Photo courtesy of iara lee.]
yesterday we celebrated the champions of KSA Natl Day trail run race with KOREAN food 🙂. here i am with runners from YEMEN, INDONESIA, SAUDI ARABIA. ended the night with a gift, handmade bag from KENYA, from aziz, our MOMBASA runner from YEMEN, famous for running his marathons barefoot. 🙂. also striked a deal with 18 year old runner faris. he will teach me arabic and i will help him improve his english. and this weekend i head chez abu rayan/ kenny for INDONESIAN cooking 🙂. ohhhh, these are some of my sweet Masafat family members, led by captain Khaled who trains us to chop off seconds, minutes, as we run more and more… [Photo courtesy of iara lee.]
took part in training. it was all “Boys’ Club” but I sneaked into the group to represent the JRC girls. [Photo courtesy of iara lee.]
literally, we are always running around, as Masafat is one of our running groups 🙂. so sweet to take a moment of respite to regain calories and learn more about each other. tonight was INDONESIAN food night, so generously hosted by runner kenny, abu rayan.
كان الطعام الإندونيسي لذيذًا الليلة ، شكرًا لكليكما على كرم ضيافتكما! [Photo courtesy of iara lee.]
saturday athletic good morning from JEDDAH. always a beautiful morning when one can start it with a bit of cardio sweat and coffee with my running buddies from JRC/ Jeddah Running Community 🙂. cheers to health! [Photo courtesy of iara lee.]
my adorable enviro/triathlete brothers took me to KAEC beach! 4km morning swim done. next we will train cycling at KAEC. and running with JRC/Masafat clubs. [Photo courtesy of iara lee.]