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Runatolia Half Marathon

After our night in Antalya, we woke up early Sunday morning, ate breakfast, and got on the shuttle bus to the race start. This year, the race was called Runatolia. (David ran the 10k last year when it was called Runtalya.) We couldn’t have asked for nicer weather. Antalya is just a beautiful place. The sky was clear and we could see the mountains.

 

Runatolia Garden sign

 

Two of our friends ran the half with David and our other friend ran her first full marathon. I love the energy at races. And it’s a great place to people watch. The race start is always such a sea of colors! There were over 6,000 runners this year.

David was very pleased with his time. I nearly missed him. I was chatting with Dale and we realized David was yelling at us as he flew towards the finish. It was the first time he had run a half marathon and he finished in 1:55:13. He finished 597th (out of 1,740) and 224th (out of 559) in his age group.

 

Turkish statue pouring water

 

Friends before the race

 

Shoe chips

 

Runatolia with mountains

 

Runatolia start

 

It was like a giant Where is Waldo page… but I found them:

 

Friends at race start

 

Dale waving

 

David running

 

David with his medal

 

Hannah running

 

Shawn at the finish

 

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