Kay oh Ray: the ups and downs of up and downing.

And....... we made it.

the destination.

Highlights:

An easy subway ride to the end of the line in Daejeo.
A cheap (30,000won) and decent (clean) love motel.
Female cab driver who understood our destination the FIRST time we told her, without calling her buddy or using GPS.
Getting to share a tent with the Diablos Running club from Daejeon.
Overcast skies and sub 20 temperature race morning.
An easier climb than anticipated with a few mini downhill relief sessions on the 10.5km uphill.
Seeing a man running the half while wearing the purse (murse?) that was given as a race registration gift.
Water stations every 3km.
The 'Roller Skating Link' sign en route.
Finishing. (4th female, with little hope of 3rd, at a time of approx. 1hour 45 minutes)

filling our kimchi quota.

Tim getting pumped up.

tenting it up post-race.

Lowlights:

An attempted rip-off by the cabbie from subway to Gimhae (10,000won for a 10 minute drive?)
Trying to give the Love Hotel ajumma a 50,000won bill for 10 minutes, then realising it was a 5,000 won bill in my hand.
I'm not as good at running downhill as I thought.
Man with K-Pop (not even good K Pop) playing full blast from his cellphone while running past me/around me at 9km.
Getting passed by the 3rd place female at 17km without a hope of even trying to chase her down.

Overall, a pretty fun race that did not kill me (yet) nearly as much as I thought it would. I'm still walking without a limp, and managed the uphill/downhill commute to work 3 times today without undue stress.

Next week: Pohang 10km for another new Korean city and more good times with good people.