it don't stop

Somehow I thought that running the 1ok's at the Pursat River Run last weekend was going to be a finishing point. The plan was to train for 10 weeks in Poipet, do a couple of time trials, run Pursat and stop. But it seems as though some of my Cambodian friends have caught the bug and want to keep training, keep racing, keep running!

I took a team of 17 Cambodians and 8 foreigners (6 Aussies, 2 from the US) to race. We had to leave Poipet the day before coz it's about 250K from Poipet to Pursat City. However, it was such a great experience to travel together, eat together, race together and cheer each other across the finish line. The 10K route was everything good about rural Cambodia: rice fields, palm trees, a wide flowing river, clear skies, lazy cows, motorbikes, short sections of dirt road, curious crowds and a few stray dogs. It was a fun run! The Phnom Penh Post printed a full article including quotes from Pip Miner. Go read!

Also, I haven't uploaded photos yet but please go to these pics on Gretchen's flickr if you're keen to see where I stood on the podium!