I highly recommend the Marseille marathon – nicely organised, good route, nice views from the starting line… maybe I am a bit biased, but not that much!
March 24 (1)
Tag: Running
February 14
This was a few days after that bad tumble and took around two to three weeks for my knee to start working almost regularly again.
January 24
So many peeps out there running at -5C with their gloves off – how do they do it?
January 17
It’s all fun and games up until you slide on seemingly nothing while attempting to run on fresh snow.
January 3
Every single time I come back from Marseille, I tell myself that I should really, really move back. But living there is not the same as going back for a week’s holiday, is it? Probably Helsinki is also exciting when you don’t live here.
January 2
Even though my tendon was quite sore, I still went up my usual running route (not very wise).
December 28 (1)
On a previous outing I had seen signs towards some ruins and I decided to head down there for a run-slash-walk down there, early one morning. Not much to talk about but there was Pokestop there, so there’s that.
December 19
Every year I forget that running outside on slippery surfaces requires special muscle movements and my legs hurt after a long run more than normal…
December 14
I’ve grown soft – running outside in negative temperatures for more than half an hour now seems like a terrible idea.
November 5
I think this is the day that I resigned myself to the fact that all evening runs will happen in the dark for the next six months or so. Even if the evening starts at 4pm.
October 28
Shaved 14 minutes off my Marseille-Cassis PB and didn’t even get rained on!
October 21 (2)
I gave in and got a gym membership, mainly because I have three gyms in a 400m radius around my house. The one I chose has a nice “women’s gym” that’s quite nice and quiet in the early hours when I usually go (the general gym floor is also quite quiet but it feels less cosy)… and now I’ve googled strength exercises for runners. What in the world is happening? How long till I hate all gyms again?
October 19
I’m putting off going for today’s 8km run by post-processing photos and scheduling posts. Maintaining a running streak is all fun and games but then you realise that there are still a couple of months of the sun only appearing every couple of weeks because of short daylight hours and general cloudiness. The summer always makes me forget what’s to come!
October 12 (1)
Won’t lie, I kind of miss the days of being to run in just a t-shirt, even in the rain.
October 3
At least the rain keeps most tourists off the path… so the amount of dodging to do doesn’t really go up?
August 16
I know that the act of giving gifts brings more happiness than the act of receiving but I still like receiving gifts during RedditGifts exchanges and I’ve just had the worst luck recently – no gifts even though I spent time and money sending stuff, no nothing, boo! For small(er) exchanges I don’t even bother signing up for the regifting option but for Arbitrary Day I did… and my Secret Santa sent me a super fancy version of those scratch-off maps and provided further incentive for running with a funky armband, never seen those before!
August 6
Going running every morning at the same time is a great way to see the change in daylight we get around here.
June 9
The shirt we got was nice, so there’s that.
May 19
Opened the fake beer, tasted a tiny bit, decided that I was not ready for it, put in the fridge, it’s still there weeks later.
May 14
Strategic placement to avoid the sun in the photo early in the morning.
