We just went over to the YESS office this morning. Race preparations are going very well. Bibs are printed, runners signed up, Nepali names are on the bibs, banners are all over town, buses rented to bring everybody to the start line tomorrow morning, food is ordered and the weather will be cooperating. We had a press conference yesterday at the Nepali Tourism Board. There were articles in the main newspapers of Kathmandu and we have a famous TV star and singer lined up for the opening ceremonies.
Just a quick Thank You to all our sponsors and supporters. It will be a great event and we are looking forward to a great run/walk from Nagarkot to Changu Narayan.
I would add a picture from the press conference right here, but haven't been able to figure out how to reduce the pixels in the pictures to make them small enough for uploading. Again - I will do that when we're back in Canada.
(We're back now and here is a picture. More to come: )
To all of you who are running in the middle of the night at the Run ON the hills: Have tons of fun and don't wait for a text from me to start. There is no data service on my BB in Nepal. The race is scheduled to start at 9am Nepali time. That means it'll start at 10am real time, 9hrs 45min ahead of you.
Happy running!
Mads - still at Raju's place
Good luck everyone, sounds like you are ready!!
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Can't wait for the run!....Good Luck everyone!.....now to stay awake until 1 a.m.!
ReplyDeleteWe'll all be rooting for you here at St. Clair Catholic District School Board. GO FOR THE HILLS AND MAKE DREAMS COME TRUE! GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! Glad to hear you all made it in one piece. Can't wait to hear/read the stories! You are an inspiration.
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