We sometimes feel like there is not much to do here in Qatar, but occasionally a great event will come in to town. This weekend was one of those times as Doha hosted a Diamond League track meet where top notch professional athletes turned up for some great races. We made sure to get seats at the finish line.
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Some of the highlights of the meet were when Justin Gatlin won the 100m with a 2015 world leading time as well as when one of the world's best 10,000m runners, Mo Farah, attempted to take the win in the 3,000m - an event that should be way too fast for a long distance runner, but he ended up sprinting it out for 2nd place in the end.
The best part of the meet for me, however, was in introducing the sport of track and field to the girls. They learned all about the races that their mommy and daddy used to run in high school and college. Kaelia liked putting her fingers up, pretending to hold the starter's gun, and Taelyn liked cheering all of the athletes on. We also had a great time all predicting who would win before each race started and then seeing who was right.
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