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Wandering the World

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Category: Illinois

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Chicago Day 6

I didn’t need to worry about breakfast - I’d bought it on my way back to the hotel the night before. This meant I could get up a little later, have breakfast, and then finish packing before heading to the train station to get to the airport. At least in theory, but I found myself awake before 06:00 once again. Rather than flying straight home as I often would, I was on my way to Canada to rejoin …

October 8, 2018

Chicago Marathon 2018 finishers medal

Chicago Day 5

The wettest marathon I've ever done, but also my fastest WMM to date even if not my fastest overall. It'd been quite the experience, and one I wouldn't be forgetting quickly

October 7, 2018

Chicago

Chicago Day 4

A day of relaxing and relatively little walking ahead of marathon day

October 6, 2018

Treadmill running

Chicago Day 3

The focus for the day was collecting my race number, but it still left time to visit the Field Museum, Adler Planetarium, and the aquarium

October 5, 2018

Twilight from the Willis Tower

Chicago Day 2

The first full day in Chicago was spent walking to the Science museum, boarding a German U-boat, and waiting in a queue for over an hour at the top of the Willis Tower.

October 4, 2018

Flying in to Chicago

Chicago Day 1

A new adventure begins with a flight to Chicago

October 3, 2018

Recent Trips

Cyprus
I didn't expect to be going back to Cyprus for a third time; though the timing of the marathon there, and knowing the conditions for it there would be warmer than in the UK made it a good choice. Carm…

Denmark
At the start of our Super Halfs journey, we set off for Copenhagen to do the first in this six race series that spans Europe. It was a chance for us both to explore a city neither of us had been to be…

Vienna
> “And I’ll dance with you in Vienna, I’ll be wearing a river’s disguise. The hyacinth wild on my shoulder my mouth on the dew of your thighs. And I’ll bury my soul in a scrapbook, with the photograph…

Hungary
Budapest is a city my sister has wanted to visit for several years as she thought "the buildings look cool". Having changed my mind about returning to Greece just yet, I decided this would be a good o…

Cyprus
My first trip to Cyprus had been for a half marathon race that never took place. It'd been postponed until 2022, but due to timings I decided to defer until the 2023 event as it'd work better that way…

More Trips…

Recent Races

Leicester Half Marathon
Another week, another half marathon. Could I edge closer to being a sub-90 runner again, and beat Copenhagen and Cardiff? I certainly wasn't sure, but I was going to give it a go.…

Principality Cardiff Half Marathon
The second of the Super Half series, and one as close to home as we'd get. Though maybe races being closer to home don't always mean they're going to be easier to get to...…

The Big Half

Rutland 10K

Guernsey Ultra 36 #GU36

More Running…


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