Sydney Running Festival

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We took a tour of Sydney with 20,000 other runners during the Sydney Running Festival. It was pretty cool to run over the massive Harbor bridge without a car in sight. We saw some pretty parks and interesting buildings along the way while the rest of the city slept. We were so consumed with the views that we didn't notice how tired we got over the 9 km (ok, that's not true - we were very happy to see the finish line- the real finish line, not the first pretend one that we raced towards). Josh was feeling pretty invincible when we breezed past the wheezing man at 7km, but was sadly put in to place when the guy pushing his son in a stroller passed us. They only gave T-shirts to the marathon runners (yeah, thanks but no thanks- I'll buy my own shirt), but we did get shiny medals - and you can't forget about the random freebies after the race - yes, the true motivation for any race. We even beat our goal time (despite the lack of training). Our eyes are set on the 2008 Olympics.

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