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Half time!

9/26/2012

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- Half marathon run on September 22

- Mid-Service conference completed on September 26

- Half way through our time in Namibia as of the end of September!

That's right, we made it half way! It doesn't quite seem like it since we still have a couple months of our first year of school, but we have now been in Namibia for 13 months, half way through the required 26 months service. 

We celebrated this milestone with a week-long trip to Swakopmund for a marathon and Windhoek for our mid-service conference. 

Swakopmund was beautiful as always and a wonderful break from the hot weather! The marathon, which is often run by Peace Corps volunteers, runs from Walvis Bay up the coast to Swakop. Dylan and I split it, Dylan running the first half, and me finishing! The route was truly beautiful, especially along my half. I was literally running between huge smooth sand dunes on one side and the ocean waves on the other side. Blue sky, lots of sunshine and a cool sea breeze made for a very good run. Both Dylan and I exceeded our expectations and finished with a combined time of 3 hours 49 minutes!

Highlights:
- Dylan blowing away the first half in 1 hour 33 minutes
- Tagging hands at the half way point for me to start my run
- Water and Coke (yes, Coke) offered every 5km
- Cheering PCVs at the finish
- A really delicious Italian meal to reward ourselves =)

After the marathon we went on to Windhoek for our mid-service conference. For the first time since December our whole group came together to share our experiences from the first year. It was great to see everyone, play some games, see a movie, eat good food in the city, etc. It's also nice to step back from teaching for a bit and reflect, with others, on successes and failures we've had and improvements we can make.
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As you can see, we've collected some Nam souvenirs at this point, including the shitenges we're sitting on in this picture. Today and tomorrow we're still together as we all have mid-service dental check-ups in Windhoek. On Saturday we'll finally be heading back to Tsumeb!

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    Christiy & Dylan were born in the States, grew up overseas, met at Wheaton College, married in 2009, and are currently exploring the world together!

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