Just keep showing up!
I lined up for this half-marathon with a vague hope of running a couple of minutes faster than last year. Ten kilometres later, I was suddenly doing very different maths.
With 3.5 kilometres to go, the church clock struck 11:15. The 1:30 pacemaker was getting closer. And I had exactly 15 minutes to find out whether ten weeks with The Colonel had changed my running more than I thought…
I signed us up for a “lovely scenic half marathon” in the Swiss Alps. Only later did I realise it meant 1,150 metres of climbing and a finish line high on a mountain. Somewhere in between forest trails, a shrinking glacier and a brutal final ascent, my husband slowly accepted his fate. And just when we were done, the weather decided to have its say too.
Over the last two weeks, I ran two races: a half-marathon in South Africa and a 10km in Switzerland. Kai’s Achilles is bothering him right…
Monschau is a beautiful little historic town in Germany. It hosts a running event that features everything from kids’ races to a 70k ultra marathon….
When I told Coach Sean about the Zermatt Marathon, he wasn’t amused. He suggested that I switch it to a half-marathon instead. Which I did….
“Kindness can transform a person’s day.” – Unknown When we were kids (we were four), our family had weekly themes. Every Sunday evening, my Dad…
“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” —Theodore Roosevelt Week 7 of the Un-Cancelled Project is in the books! It…
Always remember the distinction between contribution and commitment.Take the matter of bacon and eggs. The chicken makes a contribution. The pig makes a commitment.-John Mack…
We’re in week 5 of our lockdown, and there is light at the end of the tunnel! In week 3, Switzerland had over 1’000 new…
Due to my injury with my Achilles tendon last year, I haven’t run a race over 10k since 2018. So I was super excited to…