{"id":5264,"date":"2010-02-24T06:58:25","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T11:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=5264"},"modified":"2015-12-27T15:45:15","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T20:45:15","slug":"on-the-road-to-rotterdam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=5264","title":{"rendered":"On the Road to Rotterdam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago I received a notice from the organizers of the Tel Aviv marathon announcing that the marathon had been postponed from March 26<sup>th<\/sup> to May 13<sup>th <\/sup>.The postponement is due to a disagreement between the police, the sponsors (Adidas) and the city regarding the course of the race. Only someone with absolutely no understanding of the kind of training that goes in to marathon running could decide to postpone a marathon six weeks before it is set to take place.<\/p>\n<p>Last year the Tel Aviv marathon took place on April 24<sup>th<\/sup>, on a relatively nice day (a humid 72 \u00b0F). The race started at 7:00 am and the first 3 hours were comfortable, but the last hour was very hot. A mid-May marathon in Tel Aviv could prove to be a total disaster weather-wise, since the temperature can be as high as 85\u00b0F.\u00a0 And furthermore, postponing the race by a month and a half also messes up my training program (I\u2019m not sure I can keep the intensity up for that long).\u00a0 Generally speaking marathon training is a four month project (16 weeks is the minimum), Unless you\u2019re a pro or \u00a0are one of those 52 races in 52 weeks guys like <a href=\"http:\/\/runlikecrazy.com\/\">Tristan Miller<\/a> whom I met the night before the Tiberias marathon.<\/p>\n<p>So, like many others in my situation, I decided to look for another race to run in April and found the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fortismarathonrotterdam.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rotterdam Marathon<\/a>.\u00a0 There weren\u2019t all that many options (cost, distance&#8230;.) and the Rotterdam Marathon has a good reputation.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.runnersworld.co.uk\/event-editorial\/the-worlds-top-10-marathons\/563.html\">RunnersWorld<\/a> (international edition) even voted it of the top ten marathons in the world.\u00a0 It\u2019s a very flat course and it\u2019s very cool. I\u2019ve met people who have \u00a0run the Rotterdam marathon in past years, and broken their personal records. In my case that shouldn\u2019t be too hard.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m happy to say that I was able to make arrangements easily to get to the marathon, and &#8211; I\u2019m not going alone. A good friend of mine, Yaron (the guy who got me into running marathons) is going too.<\/p>\n<p>I am very excited. I\u2019m also a bit nervous. Running a Marathon abroad means travelling, and that is always tricky. I\u2019m already worrying about what I\u2019ll eat the night before and the morning of the race (the race starts at 11:00 am). When eating at home (or at your usual cafe or restaurant) there are few surprises. But eating away from home with diabetes, especially in a foreign country, you never know where your BS will end up.<\/p>\n<p>Check out last years highlight:<\/p>\n[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vFr6dhgDhSU[\/youtube]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago I received a notice announcing that the marathon had been postponed from March 26th to May 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