11 ways you know you are running in the Cambodian country side…
1)
If you think you have a tan line but really you are just
filthy dirty
2)
If you have a major buggar blockage after running on the dirt
road
3)
If you are an hour into your run before you come to the
nearest village
4)
If the dogs are not penned in by a fence and have perfected
the cornering technique.
5)
If every little old lady that smiles at you steals your heart
6)
If the first couple times you go running everyone in the
village stares at you like you came from Mars. After that every person you pass
smiles, waves and laughs like you are a celebrity.
7)
If the most common “traffic” is a hay wagon pulled by water
buffalo. The second most common is the Cambodian family minivan (aka scooter
packed with mom,dad, and three kids)
8)
If every person that has ever in their life learned the word
hello will pull over and practice it on you
9)
If when you stop to say hello to a family along the road, fish
start jumping out of a punch bowl at your feet and keep landing on the dirt.
10)
If when you run pass a school several hundred students in cute
little uniforms chase after you for a least a quarter mile yelling “Hello” and
waving wildly
11)
If you look around you and you are running in one of the most
beautiful country sides you have ever seen.
My feet after running my first Cambodian dirt road half marathon 🙂
