This is the vacation plan...

We are leaving for vacation on 22nd of August, and the big part of the plan is the CCC part
of the UTMB race...
It's the shortest race and I am going to run just the last 98km of the UTMB route,
but it should be just as beautiful... tell you more after I am done...
BTW, my bib number is 6109 ;-)
here are a couple of trailers (from NF and DailyMotion)





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First Jerusalem Marathon, 2011

This year Jerusalem hosted full marathon for the first time. The route was amazing, going through Armenian quarter of the Old City and visiting Mount Scopus, Parliment, Sherover promenade and many other historical and panoramic sites. The weather was just perfect and the organization and the atmosphere of the event left me keen to run it again! Hope to get back to it in a year.


Few pictures are at KodakGallery, and the route (with my walking pace splits ;-)) can be found at Garmin site.

One more competition update

This time it was in Yokneam, Michael took second in fair fight. Pictures are at KodakGallery and I also uploaded videos of the fist fight and the second fight.

Judo Competitions, Feb 12

This time Michael took second place, he won 3 fights in a standard fashion, (confinement after a few moves), and had one worthy partner who took the first. The video of the long fight (#3) and the most eventful of the others (#1) are online as well as few pictures.

Desert Challenge 2010

It is a unique run. The Desert Challenge full moon run takes place in the Dead Sea area for the third time and the third time I enjoy this route.
The route was around 26km long and it was finished way too soon, although I did not try to run fast -- my pace was very relaxed, definitely not a racing style. I managed even to roll over the white powder on one nice descent, luckily with minimal damage.

Thanks a lot for Ez Harim and Pro:Sport for amazing experience!
Results are published on-line, my bib number was 2126.

The route is at Garmin site and a few pictures are at KodakGallery.

One more judo event, one more gold medal

No, it does not get boring! Congratulations to Michael, who won his next competition, Yokneam, Dec 09.

The video of the longest (the second) fight is on-line, the other two were just too short to capture ;-)

Sovev Emek 2010

A very special race (the first of it's kind) took place just near my place. It was a 62km run (although I believe it was closer to 60km), called Sovev Emek Ultra Marathon. The course was mostly on the dirt roads with ~900meter elevation gain, see more data on Garmin Site.

There were just 15 participants in the 62km race and I was the only woman on the course. I've had wonderful 6 hours 40 minutes of running along the easy rolling terrain near my home with perfect weather and company: got a smile and a word from every runner. The organization was just perfect! water when you need it, well marked route and great atmosphere! Thanks a lot to organizers (Shai Hazan was responsible for the race) and volunteers from Kibbuts HaZorea!

The pictures are at KodakGallery, results at GanSport (Hebrew).
There is a race summary in the local version of Running World (in Hebrew).

Congratulations to Michael!

Well, Michael has added one more gold medal to his nice collection. This time the competition took place in Herzeliya on the 20th of November. First two fights were kind of boring: the first one Michael just showed that he can earn different points (yuko + vasari) but finished in regular fashion with confinement of his partner. The second fight was one confinement only. But the third fight, the final one was worth the waiting. Michael had the same partner as 8 months ago (the same place) and this time he won. This is the video of the final this Saturday (compare the fight with the same characters in February this year).

Pictures are at KodakGallery.

Holidays are over, few pictures are online

I must say that the pictures do not make justice to this cave, life is just much better than you can see it on the best photographs.
We have eventually visited the Stalactite cave (in Jerusalem area: Avshalom reserve). This cave is considered relatively small but it's still one of the most beautiful stalactite caves around the world.

Few pictures are online at KodakGalery.

Vacation 2010: Davos

First part of our vacation we spent in Switzerland, Davos: a very beautiful town in Swiss Alps. There was plenty of rain during the 9 days we stayed there, but I would not complain that we did not have a chance to enjoy the area. In a few words if you think of a beautiful place for vacation, this place gets a high score.

There are plenty of pictures are at KodakGallery.