What a fantastic day! I got so much done my head is spinning. First for the running. A great trail run of 17.5 kms with 1,130 meters climbed. I felt great, lots of energy and my legs were feeling great. Here is the goofy graph as proof! A mix of sun and nice refreshing rain.… Continue reading Run Fifty One
Funny randomness found over the last week. Park of the island of love is my favorite! Oh yeah! 21.1kms today on the relatively flat trail along the Isère river. 2:04:27 my fourth best time for the distance! Still dreaming of the sub 2 hour run 😉 I’ll get there soon enough. Yeah, so, pollen levels… Continue reading Run Fifty!!
My first post trail race run! What I likes about today’s run: no freaking mountains!!! No mud! No river! No nasty tree roots and loose stones hiding under wet leaves! 🙂 hahaha! But really, I loved the race it’s just that I needed a nice flat run today to help recuperate. Got 10K in along… Continue reading Run Forty Nine
Woohoo! I finished my first ever trail race yesterday! The good news is it was a fantastic race through beautiful and varying landscape; mountains, forests, rivers, waterfalls and plenty of mud. It was also a beautiful day with comfortable temperatures and not too much direct sun. There was a very friendly and supportive atmosphere, the… Continue reading Race report / Run 48
Le mirror vide / The empty mirror Janwillem Van de Wetering Netherlands One of the greatest pleasures of this project of reading 100 books from 100 countries has been the serendipity factor. I have sought out a few authors or titles in particular, but the vast majority of the time I have left it up… Continue reading Book Twenty Six
One last mountain run before my trail race next week! 627 meters climbed for a distance of 11 km. Must admit I wasn’t super motivated to go out today. I was also convinced it would not rain. It started raining and got chilly about one third of the way up the mountain and I just… Continue reading Run Forty Seven
Just a quick 5k this morning in the rain before my first class. Been wanting to do a few shorter faster runs to build up speed. 27 minutes and a few seconds. Not super fast; but it felt great. I love random graffiti, here’s E. A. Poe and his famous raven. Not sure the link… Continue reading Run Forty Six
Mountain! Mountain! Mountain! I wanted to see if I will really be ready for my upcoming trail race! Pushed myself to do an extra long, extra hard mountain run today as a test for the real thing. I managed 21k with 1,135 meter climb; it’s just shy of what the race day numbers will be… Continue reading Run Forty Five
Wonderful day for a run! Warm, clear and sunny; throw in a bank holiday and you’ve got it made in the shade! Went for a 21k skip along the river in my seemingly never ending quest for a sub 2 hour time. Whittled it down to 2h2m this time. Shaved a little off my previous… Continue reading Run Forty Foh!
Haha, nice shot between two trees. Love this bend in the river, it’s such a lovely spot. Today’s 10K run was less than spectacular in terms of finding my rhythm. My shins were sore, knees unhappy and legs kinda heavy but I got it done. Pretty good weather, swallowed about 853 gnats as I ran… Continue reading Run Forty Tree!
Running of the books 