They say that outdoor exercise, particularly running, is the best way to improve mental health. But what happens when mental state becomes a barrier to running? This is my 6-month journey from reasonably fit marathon runner to overweight non-runner. I’m now coming back, but this time it’s the mind that must lead the body…
Category: Ponderings
The Year To Come
To say that we are all preparing to breathe a collective sigh of relief at the end of 2020 is probably an understatement! So as 2021 is about to dawn, full with promises of vaccines to end the pandemic, a release from the lockdown that has kept us away from our loved ones (and I…
Run to Ancient Karthea
When I first walked to the ancient city of Karthea in my 20s I felt transported in an Indiana Jones film! 20-odd years later, I run down the same trail.
Not Running
It is Sunday afternoon and I am lying in the new hammock, next to our quiet canal. I can feel the warm sunlight on my skin; there is still a whiff of charcoal and grilled meat in the air. The only sensation close to discomfort is from Philip’s long lockdown hair rubbing on my bare…
More things I’m learning as I run long for longer…
The second post about what my 11 month-long marathon training is teaching me: This is less obvious and it took a while to click!
Monday Photograph #52
As a child I had a fascination with wild places, and in particular forests. Probably a combination of being exposed to them as magical places where adventure took place (I am of the Smurf and Asterix generation after all!) and their relative rarity in Athens where I grew up! One of the very few memories…
Things I’m learning as I run long for longer…
Things I’m learning from my 11 month-long marathon training in 2019: Let’s start from the obvious one that everyone knows but which took me 9 yrs of running to learn:
Monday Photographs #44 & #45
The week that was, was sandwiched between two Long Runs: A 19 mi one (31 km) in the dusk then dark on Monday (owed from the Sunday of the week before) and a 20 mi one (32.2 km) in the mist then sun on the Sunday: They were both hard and absolutely fascinating, each in…
What did 2018 ever do for us?
With no marathons ran in #2018 and only the 1 finisher’s medal, whatever did #2018 do for me? Featuring @Nikerunning @Bennetrun @andypuddicombe @suunto and @Polarglobal and #DehesaDeLaVilla
Monday Photograph #9
The photo of the week that was… …and this time it is three for the price of one, to compensate you for the recent lack of other content:
Sisyphus AC 