Last Sunday’s long-run almost did not happen. The winter-is-back-blues almost took its toll. In the end, I decided to go out anyway and see how far it would go. And maybe discovered a secret runner’s blues weapon on the way: a DIY energy drink. Just recently I started experimenting mixing sugar into water, add a bit of salt and call that “fueling”. I got the idea from an article, where science suggests that normal household sugar is better for endurance…
Where the heck is Erith? (Or even “what is it”, for that matter.) The Braintree Track Marathon got cancelled (or postponed), so I had to come up with ideas what to do on a suddenly freed-up Sunday morning. I decided to be adventurous and run new terrain as recommended in the Runner’s Guide To London. Here is the story of how I ended up in an English town that I had never heard of before, neither knew how to pronounce it.…
This week I had to show up at the German Embassy to get a new ID card (one of those obscurities the British are happily doing without). While this whole process is quite a palaver (infamous German bureaucracy), the Embassy is nicely located at Belgrave Square, not far from Hyde Park. It was a good opportunity to take my running kit with me and run home via parks and places I had not been before. Like Primrose Hill and its…
The beast from the east is upon us Londoner! This is how the media call the weather that transformed London into a snowed-in Winter Wonderland. For runners with grippy trail shoes, it’s the ideal playground. I went out today and got some running footage with my still newish GoPro Hero6. I love running in the snow. It’s so soft, so quiet, so peaceful. Usually, only the announcement of a snowflake brings the UK to a standstill. No surprise that they…