I did it :-)

Marathon Day

It was amazing experience not because of the great weather, not because of the great atmosphere and great supporters all the 26 miles, not because of the great route and scenery of Paris, not because that I saw new beautiful places I never saw before, not because of those great bands every mile from a variety of Latin, hard rock, cheer leaders and crazy bands, not because of my great play list that I created especially for the marathon starting of course with rocky music theme, nirvana "seems like teen spirit", guns "sweet child", u2 "street have no name", Metallica "fade to black" which I heard at mile 18 and I thought that I am not going to do it anymore, and Aerosmith “Dream on” which kept me going again until the finish line, not because the I felt much younger like teen again, not because those delicious oranges that I never tasted like before that I ate at every food station, not because those fire fighters who washed us with water every 4 miles, not when I saw the finish line, not when I crossed it and not even when I rested after I crossed it. It was because of this amazing beautiful cigarette that I smoked at the finish line. If u never smoked before, trust me, you will never understand how this one felt which I smoked listening to comfortably numb by Pink Floyd.

 

I really can't wait for my next marathon, Ironman and for that same cigarette again.

 

I now leave you with this picture hoping you could understand how I felt:)

 

Thanks all who supported me to do such thing. Here is the link for my results and more pictures 
http://org-results.parismarathon.com/2011/?content=detail&fpid=search&id=196785&lang=EN&event=&ageclass=

You can still sponsor me if you want

Thanks to all who sponsored me so far. And, for those who are planning to sponsor me still, please do not and sponsor Libya instead!

 Really, I will much appreciate it, just sponsor Libya and let me know, and I will update my donation page with your donation that you made to Libya, and will thank you.

 Donation to Libya Appeal so far:

ü       Layla Elsafty: £100.00 "Thanks daddy for supporting our brothers in Libya, and I hope many other will do the same"

ü       Nufel Ahmed: £20.00 "Don't forget to leave your bikeat home - Good luck! 

ü       Mahmoud Ali: 1000.00 LE "go Hatem, you will be Iron Man3, sorry you missed number 1&2 as the movies were out already :)" Note: this is equivalent to £110.00.

 

ü       Khaled ElSafty: $25.00 "Very impressed to see your status update that you ran 10k in 62min, for me my best will  be 5k in 62min, good luck and keep up the good work"

 http://www.islamic-relief.org.uk/MiddleEast_NorthAfrica_Appeal.aspx 

 

Older Stories:

Day 60 (4 days before the marathon)

As a proud Egyptian, my body followed the Egyptian revolution tracks and WON!! (Body revolution was much stronger than the body old regime, breaking all expectations). Meaning that now the old body regime resigned and under prosecution, and the new regime has formally legalised the nicotine trade as one of the main revolution’s requests, with no restriction on quantities of trade.

But, all politicians are worried about Egypt’s future after revolution, same all thinkers, friends and everyone mainly are worried about the body and its journey to Iron Man. Revolutionist believes smoking is not harmful and as long as the body maintains strong training schedule, you can smoke as much as you can. On the other side, all doctors, scientific researches and all of you will disagree, but who knows?!

The new body regime organised all matters related to the Paris marathon, and looking forward to it, to proof everyone wrong, and set a new standards for smoking and extensive training.

I now wish you not to sponsor me with money (of course will not say no if you did), but I really need your prays and wishes!

Other not important news

The body completed 2 half marathons, one 18 miles run, 200K mountain bike ride, more than 5k swim, only over the last two weeks, and now in the final resting mode before the big day!