Boys wait to get a special ride.

Unlike every other marathon we've ever seen, the roads are closed and there is no way to see the runners enroute. The guys manning the mic offered to take us (after telling them that we came all the way from Canada to see Fred run) in their vehicle, but after waiting around an hour, learned that they were not allowed either since their vehicle was too large to turn around safely.

Blog # 14 – Tiberius Marathon Issue – 4:11:40

January 25th 2012
The run up to the January 12thTiberius Marathon began a couple of weeks earlier during our Hanukah road trip while camel riding near Shacharut in Israel’s southern deserts. At that time I learned an important and painful lesson about camel behavior: camels stand up back end first, then front end, such that if you don’t hold tight to the handlebar at the front of the saddle as the camel ... read more

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Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without... ... read more

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