After registering and receiving your official race bib, you walked the path through the park past mutual aid organizers and representatives from HEAL Palestine. Nearing the starting line brings a wave of pregame jitters, that nervous anticipation athletes permeate as they prepare for their event. In solidarity with those experiencing famine in Occupied Palestine, there would be no meal served at tonight’s supper. It’s antithetical to everything that we’re taught.”At the next morning’s starting line, a roar rips through the gathered crowd. Nurse Willy, who has traveled for medical missions to Palestine, was walking through the runners holding a phone aloft.