The photo of the week that was… …moved to Tuesday due to the Bank Holiday. The theme of today’s post is friend appreciation: the photo is the view from Kostas’ and Eleni’s local in the big smoke, taken when they were putting me up last week.
Month: May 2018
A better Race Time Predictor!
I only run on average one marathon a year, but as I alluded to in a previous post (“my first time“), running the marathon distance was what helped me develop a running habit in the first place; and the way in which I continue to validate myself as a marathon runner. You can imagine my surprise…
Monday Photograph #6
Could the summer be here for good? It was certainly a week to spend as long as possible outdoors and go galivanting by the stream!
Monday Photograph #5
Philip’s tour of European capitals continues and last week it was London! Great to see good friends, drink good beer and only be rained upon one day!
Characters #1
At the last two years of primary school, we had a teacher who used to walk and sometimes even – imagine! – run to our school with ankle weights on. Naturally, we all thought he was a bit weird. To make matters worse, on the days he walked rather than run, he would often do…
Monday Photograph #4
New toy! I mean… serious training gear! Having had enough of the vagaries of my Garmin 920XT and its Ant+ connectivity issues, I decided to move to the Suunto ecosystem, so I got myself the Suunto Spartan Trainer Wrist HR (catchy!). First impressions? I regret the lack of proper custom workouts (that Garmin supported), but…
My first time
Prompted by a phrase in a BBCSport article by Tom Fordyce, my own frank, at times personal and certainly nostalgic look at why my first marathon is unlikely to be replicated; and why I keep trying regardless!
Sisyphus AC 