Alone through Iran

Every month, the Strava distance running challenge quickly becomes dominated by people who have chosen to run across whole countries or even continents. Seeing the stats of such ultra-runners makes my own indecisiveness over whether or not to go for an evening run seem rather cute. It also makes me feel a bit stupid when I think about how physically impaired I felt just after running Stockholm Marathon and how I struggled to navigate the stairs in the subway, all to Ally’s great amusement.

Ultimately, I decided to not run last night, and instead spend my time in bed reading Kristina Paltén’s book “Den rädda löparen” about her experiences of running alone through Iran. Reading this book made me again dream of running Beirut Marathon and reminded me of how much we all have a responsibility to bring the world together rather than dividing it.