Run wherever you are and whenever you can!
It’s 40 days to the Two Oceans ultra-marathon in April, which is a 56k (35m) race. To get a feel for the elevation, I decided to do my long run along the race route. The race has about 1’000 metres (3’300ft) of vertical gain: Besides a route map, the race website provides a short description…
Safaris can be notoriously expensive. However, due to the lack of tourists, some game reserves are currently offering tours at a considerable discount. We realized…
The last two weeks have been a whirlwind of activity with our visitors. This morning, they are all flying back to Switzerland (on the same…
On Saturday, we ran the Firgrove Challenge 15k. Again, this race was close to our home so it was very convenient. Because I also need…
I runfess that we committed the ultimate running sin: we ran a race that we didn’t register or pay for. Definitely not our proudest moment….
I have a running T-shirt that I hate wearing. I got it at a 12k race a few weeks ago. It’s made of cheap polyester,…
We did our first Parkrun! I first heard about Parkrun from two bloggers, Oliver in Germany and Doris in Austria. This 5k time trial was…
We’re back in Cape Town and were excited to do the Hohenort 15k race on Saturday. This turned out to be a bit of a…
This week’s post comes to you from Switzerland. Kai had some in-person year-end business meetings to attend. While we try to limit flying to an…
2021 turned out to be quite a good year: Running kilometres: 3’421k as of today. My plan is to hit 3’456k by Friday to hit…