I am still buzzing inside, so great was the event. I love London, I love how well everything is organised and thought through, I love how the London crowd’s cheers really give you this extra energy, I love the landmarks and London’s rougher bits. I love finishing at Buckingham Palace and the last stretch down the Mall. And I loved it all the same, when I run London in 2012. Back then it was my second marathon, today it was my 30th.…
I made it to the start! Glorious marathon weather. A bit chilly now, but it will be perfect when running.
Last cup of tea before leaving to run the London Marathon! Very excited!!
I went to the London Marathon Expo last night to collect my race number for Sunday. And then I saw this: the medal of all medals, for runners who have completed all big 6 marathons. So far I ticked 3 of them off my bucket list and now, knowing there will be a special medal for it, I want them all! Tokyo, Chicago, Boston – bring it on! Trickiest to get into will be Boston I believe. I heard…
Well, with the post title I am just explaining, what is happening on this picture. I don’t think it is very clear, and I don’t want to leave it open for interpretations. I am kissing (not eating, or chewing, or licking) the medal. And there is an other anomaly: I am wearing glasses. I think it is my first marathon where I had to wear glasses. Not because I run out of contacts, but because I did not find time…
It’s getting serious. After 7 years of tracking runs with my phone and good old Runkeeper, a new area is about to start: I got a proper Garmin running watch, FR 630, all singing and dancing. I never knew about my heart rate and permanent running data at a glance, and had always been a bit cynical about these over-ambitious, over-geared, wannabe running athletes, who check their watches in a 10 seconds tact. Well, now I am one of them…
Kingston upon Thames that is. If I had known in advance my first 50k run would have been perfect. Instead of treading known paths I decided in the middle of my long run to do something different and see where the Thames would lead me and how the world looks like after Battersea Park. It turned out to look really nice and it was a great motivation to carry on with running. I did not intend to do a 50k,…