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Hey guys, quick check in: I’m very sorry, I won’t make it to our tumblr run. My foot...

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:59:52 +0200

Hey guys, quick check in: I’m very sorry, I won’t make it to our tumblr run. My foot still is a pain, I’m in ‘barely walking’ condition now. No way I can run… Anyway, have fun running through London, I’d loved to have joined you!

View from my hotel room. Can’t complain! A few random...

Sun, 12 May 2013 21:38:52 +0200

View from my hotel room. Can’t complain!

A few random facts:

My hotel room is bigger than my flat (only slight exaggeration).
It has a scale in the bathroom. I haven’t stepped onto one in 6 months, can’t remember exactly. I’m the same weight as I was right before the Berlin marathon, after some pretty intense carb loading. Ahem.
The minibar has pringles, sour gummy worms, brownies and honey roasted peanuts. This reflects the rest of the conference food.
Once again, someone asked me whose lab I was a student in. Always the same on business trips. I turn 33 in a month. I’ve got two advanced degrees, wrinkles and a few white hair. I don’t even wear neon for work (most of the times).
Oops, there you go, I did find several things to complain about after all. The talks are excellent though?

Women’s walking next to men’s running. Seriously!?!

Sun, 12 May 2013 07:33:18 +0200

Women’s walking next to men’s running. Seriously!?!

It’s stupid o’clock in the morning, my foot hurts...

Sun, 12 May 2013 06:50:45 +0200

It’s stupid o’clock in the morning, my foot hurts and I didn’t have breakfast yet. Speak to me again in 3 hours when I’m in Lisbon. Not functional yet.

P.S. I’d already put on half of my running clothes (after googling ‘continue running...

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:44:00 +0200

P.S. I’d already put on half of my running clothes (after googling ‘continue running with plantar fasciitis’) before I stopped myself. What the hell are you doing? You know better!

Berlin marathon training redux, day 5. This is not how I’d...

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:22:55 +0200

Berlin marathon training redux, day 5. This is not how I’d imagined the first Saturday morning of this training cycle. Except for the huge bowl of porridge, that’s obligatory ;-)

I’ve got 8 miles on my schedule today, instead of running however I slept in. Maybe you remember my bout of plantar fasciitis last fall after the marathon, my foot certainly does. I guess I’ve got some scar tissue in that heel and since last night it’s been a bit tender. No running for me today, hopefully I’ll get in a couple easy miles while I’m at the conference next week and then I’ll do the 8 miles next Saturday. Fingers and toes crossed.

Berlin marathon training redux, day 3. 3 miles, no...

Thu, 09 May 2013 08:16:07 +0200

Berlin marathon training redux, day 3. 3 miles, no Garmin.

Booyah, I love marathon training. Another beautiful day, another great run. Remind me of this in a couple weeks time when I’ll tell you how it’s beyond me that I signed up for another marathon willingly, ok?

I looked at my work schedule for next week. Not pretty,...

Wed, 08 May 2013 08:14:00 +0200

I looked at my work schedule for next week. Not pretty, I’m going to a conference in Lisbon (my life sounds way more glamourous than it is) and our company’s travel agent booked me the most stupid flights ever. It will be nearly impossible to fit in all my marathon training runs. So, to appease my OCD training nature and to not dig myself into a hole of overtraining/no sleep/too much stress in the first week of this marathon cycle already, I decided to start my training schedule yesterday. I ran the required distance anyway, and if I start now, I can have a off-plan easy week while I’m at the conference. Yep, it’s official - crazy season has begun!

Berlin marathon training v2, day 1 and 2. 3 and 5 miles, no Garmin. I’m excited!

I had to stop lots today to take pictures. Only because the...

Tue, 07 May 2013 08:10:58 +0200

I had to stop lots today to take pictures. Only because the light was spectacular, not because of beaten legs from Saturday’s 11 miles. No, not at all.

Ready or not, marathon training starts next week. Oh my.

P.S. Sonja don’t freak out, I’m starting the training plan two weeks early to get a safety cushion for vacation/conferences.

Accidental 11 miles today. Out and back along the Thames. I got...

Sat, 04 May 2013 16:56:58 +0200

Accidental 11 miles today.

Out and back along the Thames. I got lost right after my turn around and ran a good extra mile through an industrial area/construction site. Also, full on headwind both ways (how is this possible?) and I didn’t bring any food. Silly 007runner should know better. The eleventh mile, I felt great again, probably delirium starting to set in.

A long run is a long run, not all can be great. I take it, building stamina for Berlin, redux.

London Tumblr meetup and Run.

Thu, 02 May 2013 18:59:26 +0200

jeremyrunblues:

It has been arranged… 2012milesin2012 and I will be at Marble Arch on Saturday 18th May, 2013 for a meet-up and run, at around 9:30 am.

All of you London tumblrs (and anyone else in the neighbourhood for that matter) are all welcome to join- would be a blast to meet you all!

London tumblr run in two weeks, yay! Come along!

Weird story from my run today: Serious runner dude overtakes me...

Thu, 02 May 2013 08:20:02 +0200

Weird story from my run today:

Serious runner dude overtakes me and then farts. Several times. With abandon. I just can’t wrap my head around it. True, running can mess up your innards, I’m the last one to deny that. But why letting it fly like that?

Hypglycemic delirium? Testing a new race strategy of incapacitating your opponents? Infantile notion that if he couldn’t hear it I wouldn’t either (come on, you were the one with headphones)? Jet propulsion?

Don’t tell me that it probably was an emergency and he was sprinting to avoid a catastrophe, the public toilets were the other way.

Freaky. Otherwise it was a beautiful, beautiful morning.

The last couple days haven’t been great, fighting via...

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:51:35 +0200

The last couple days haven’t been great, fighting via skype and being the arbiter of bad news at work. Don’t worry, it’s all fine. And anyway, life can’t be all rainbows and unicorns.

However, it can be bright lycra and double breakfast. I ran along the Thames this morning, a bit far for a regular workday but it sure made me feel better.

P.S. Phil lately suggested that I might qualify as modern art, maybe my hair needs to get even crazier for that though because Tate Modern didn’t let me in this morning. Phil, I love you, you always make me laugh. Why, oh why aren’t you coming to Berlin?

phildoeslife replied to your photo: Saturday sightseeing: Big Ben, Parliament,… what did you...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:27:08 +0200

phildoeslife replied to your photo: Saturday sightseeing: Big Ben, Parliament,…

what did you think of Tate

I didn’t actually go sightseeing, I ran by the sights - both Tate Britain and Tate Modern. Tate Britain’s old and stately (like many other buildings in London, dare I say?), Tate Modern is in an old power station. The building per se is rather ugly, but I really like the landscaping and the millennium bridge. And indoors it’s great - didn’t enter this time, not sure if they’d let me in at 8am in sweaty, ridiculously bright lycra.

London marathon ballot

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:06:57 +0200

London marathon ballot:

FYI, the lottery opened today! I entered (without the usual niggle ‘a fully mary, really?!’, in previous years chances were around 1:7 of actually getting a slot).

Saturday sightseeing: Big Ben, Parliament, Westminster Abbey,...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:40:41 +0200

Saturday sightseeing: Big Ben, Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Tate Britain, London Eye, St. Paul’s, Tower Bridge…

I’d planned on a shorter run today but ended up running a good 9 miles, oopsy daisy. Proof that I can’t do maths while running and that my garmin’s playing games with me. Pretty stoked though, I’m edging closer to double digit runs again.

Some real-life blogging coming up… My flat has three...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:57:00 +0200

Some real-life blogging coming up…

My flat has three (massive, old) keys, no way they fit into that tiny key compartment in my trousers and I don’t like carrying a fanny pack or an arm band if it’s not absolutely necessary. So, what I do is wrap the keys up and stuff them into my bra - welcome triple boobs. This is quite handy (and attractive, no?). Do any of the ladies do this as well?

P.S. A bonus picture from today’s run. Salamis patisserie....

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:55:12 +0200

P.S. A bonus picture from today’s run.

Salamis patisserie. Too funny!

It was T-shirt weather this morning. Somehow it also was...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:53:20 +0200

It was T-shirt weather this morning. Somehow it also was overtake-007runner-at-lightning-speed weather. Ah, spring - my arms are pasty, my ego is bruised ;-)

Another beautiful morning in the city. Sometimes I wonder about...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:31:49 +0200

Another beautiful morning in the city.

Sometimes I wonder about this blog of mine. Posting pretty pictures of every run I go on. Is that real life? Anyway, do people even want to see real life? Often I’m not particularly motivated, I’m not that inspired, I’m bored and a tad uncomfortable while I run. But I head out with my eyes open and I know that every time I will spot something worth taking a picture. What I want to say - this blog is giving me a different perspective.

Not sure though if this good or bad, probably doesn’t matter. Just keep running and try enjoying it.