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My Six Favourites of 2020

Before I dive into my six favourites of 2020, here are few photos from our hike up the Table Mountain last week. The hike was…

“How does running make you feel?” This was the question that Taz, a runner in the UK, asked on Twitter last week. She got over…

I am halfway through my 11-week training cycle. It’s going well and I am even getting used to the dreaded track! My virtual Garmin coach…

Inspired by Shathiso’s running tours of Gaborone in Botswana, I decided to put together a running tour to visit some sights of Zurich. Although I…

Last Saturday, as I was going out the door for a run in the pouring rain, I met my 83-year old neighbour Francine. She smiled….

We got a lot of snow last weekend in the Swiss mountains. In Zurich, we only got a lot of rain. Running in the pouring…

Now that I am back to running again, I have started to think about post-injury running goals. A 5k would be a great distance to…

Given the beautiful weather, we decided to rent a car for three days to visit some historical sites and do some hiking. On Friday, we…

My rehab runs are going well. Last week, I logged 27k (17 miles). My longest run was 9k and I included walking breaks every 2k…

On Sunday, I ran 2.5 kilometres! Painfree! Without any walking breaks! I could have run longer, but I didn’t want to overdo it. We got…