So Sore!

I participated in a Run/Walk-a-thon (Sponsorenlauf) yesterday and in 2 hours and 40 minutes of continuous movement, running/jogging/walking, I managed to circle the 400m track 40 times. That comes out to about 10 miles. This was an enormous accomplishment because I am not a regular runner and certainly don't exert myself nearly that much in one go. But it turned out to be super fun and we raised a ton of money for GospelTribe, the organization that I went to Egypt with in the spring of 2007.

I am sorry that I haven't gotten my pictures up yet. I really will try to get on that this week. I have gotten them uploaded to my computer at least, but now I need to sort through and find the best ones. However, I will use my incredibly sore limbs and aching muscles as my excuse for now. Every time I get up from a chair I can feel all 10 miles over again!

After the event a bunch of the other runners and I went to watch the Germany-Australia World Cup game at one of the local churches in Karlsruhe. They had a big screen set up and there were a ton of excited German soccer fans. Every German goal was a celebration which meant it was nearly a continuous party as Germany defeated Australia 4-0. I'm not usually much of a soccer fan, but watching it with so many excited people around you, it's hard not to get caught up in the fever a little. Although I did feel bad for Australia, so I'm clearly not a true German fan.

Those are pretty much the most exciting things I have done recently. I'll try to post again soon once I remember what I've been doing for the past couple of days. Right now I am exhausted. I didn't get back to Frankfurt until about 1:30am this morning, which didn't leave a lot of time for sleep before work. I will definitely be going to bed early tonight!