Just keep showing up!
Cape Town with Lion’s Head on the right Last week we ran up Lion’s Head, one of the four prominent mountains that surround Cape Town. Well, we ran only about half of it, as it soon got too steep. The route up to the peak is short, only 2.5k, but it covers 370 metres (1’200ft)…
Last week I had two faster workouts on my training plan. For the time trial, I was to run 1.5 miles as fast as possible,…
For my daily runs, I use the promenade. I can start straight from home and run a nice stretch while enjoying the sea view (sometimes…
When we left South Africa seven months ago, I was expecting the worst for this beautiful country. I imagined death and destruction, with the virus…
“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…