Running for Palestine – Reykjavík Marathon 2025 🇮🇸🇵🇸

This year, I’m running the half marathon in the Reykjavík Marathon to raise money for Iceland-Palestine, and my son will proudly join the Family Run, fundraising for the same cause.

By the time of the race, I will be 9 months postpartum—a moment in life that fills me with gratitude. I feel incredibly privileged to be able to choose to train, to move, and to run—not because I have to, but because I can.

And that’s exactly the contrast I want to highlight:
While I prepare for this run, mothers in Palestine are forced to flee, to run not towards a finish line but away from danger, with their children in their arms. This stark reality stays with me every step of the way.

I chose to run only a half marathon this year, but I’ve set a goal to raise 42,200 ISK—symbolically matching the 42.2 km of a full marathon. Because while I might run a shorter distance, the cause couldn’t be more vast or urgent.

I'm aiming to finish in under 1:55, but more importantly, I hope that my run helps others reflect and take action—especially as a mother, I can’t look away from what’s happening in Gaza and the rest of Palestine.

If you feel moved by this, please support our fundraiser, share this post, or start your own movement. Every step counts. Every voice matters.