Felsenstein revels in Israel running boom
When Danny Felsenstein first competed in Israel, in one of the first Tiberias marathons, it was 1979 and distance running was relatively small-scale. “At that time you would have 300 to 400 entrants in a race,” recalls Felsenstein, the JC’s Israel athletics contributor. “Now you get 35,000 in the Tel Aviv marathon, including the 10K and half marathon. That and the Jerusalem marathon are world-class events. There has definitely been a running boom in Israel.”