As autumn draws near, pulling down its shady curtains against the world, weariness sets in reflecting a reluctance to face the next chapter of the season cycle. It feels like something bright and optimistic is being taken away, if just for a while. The time has come for the supposedly best period of the year […]
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Grit, grime and a whole lot of good fortune
Memories are made of this As a child, one is often encouraged to partake in an extracurricular activity of some kind or other. Whatever promptings came my way when I was young-er, physical recreation was never high up on the list. My teenage gym classes were a drag for the most part due to a […]
All Saints’ Eve: a night to cross borders
Evening falls and the last hues of dim sunlight fade behind the church steeple while residues of daily life begin to settle in for the night, taking shelter under a layer of mist. Enticed by the wind, fallen leaves break into a dance of their own, floating around grisly tombstones and hovering cautiously over time-worn epitaphs. […]
DNS évité de peu
Initialement, nous pensions documenter la préparation de notre 1er marathon (Prague, 2015). Finalement, notre blog prend le départ avec un peu plus de 18 mois de retard ;-), à deux mois de notre prochaine échéance, le semi de Valencia. Comme beaucoup d’entre vous l’ont constaté (par exemple, en essayant de battre un record personnel), le temps passe vite et ces derniers […]
Here we are
Over 18 months have passed since Oli and I resolved to share our adventures with enthusiasts such as yourself, dear reader. We have a whole lot of perfectly good reasons for postponing our endeavour, none of which actually make for a valid excuse 😉 Assuming, as we do, that everything happens in its own time, […]