This was the 20th annual running of the Angkor Wat Half Marathon.....

.....and I elected to run the 10K run after the Bagan Temple Marathon a week earlier.

Because of the Cambodian heat and humidity, the race started early in the morning before sunrise which supplied some spectacular views as we waited for the start.  It was a crescent moon and the bright star near the tree limbs is Venus.

After the "Killing Fields" wars of the 1980s, there are thousands of land mine victims and the race was dedicated to raising funds to help them.  As a result there was a particularly large field of wheelchair participants:

As the race started, I felt really good and had no lingering back effects from Bagan.  The race course was amazing.









The temple monkeys didn't seem particularly impressed with us:



And the some of the famous Cambodian elephants made an appearance:



I finished strong with a hard sprint for the last 100 meters.  I do and feel so much better doing the 10K rather than the half marathons (21K).



Mission accomplished:





Spent the afternoon getting a massage, swimming and lounging around the pool area.  A couple of beers were consumed.

Tomorrow is our last day with three more temples planed to visit.