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Italy Day 9

The end was upon us, and we would be spending most of the day travelling, but just like any other day, I started this one with a short run - the last time I’d be running in Italy. Hopefully not the last ever as it’d be nice to one day return to Rome. It would have been nice to have done a slow parkrun at Florence’s Mensola park but this would have made things too tight in the morning, so I just co …

September 24, 2022

Ponte Vecchio at night

Italy Day 8

For our final day in Florence our main focus was the cathedral.

September 23, 2022

Florence

Italy Day 6

Today we'd be exploring Florence on foot, dependent upon how my sister's injured ankle felt.

September 21, 2022

Pisa

Italy Day 5

Today was the exciting day we'd get to visit Pisa, but perhaps there was more excitement than we'd bargained for.

September 20, 2022

Giant needle and thread

Italy Day 4

Today we moved on from Milan, and took the train to Florence.

September 19, 2022

Recent Trips

Rwanda

Berlin
In the year that would see the 275th anniversary of the death of Johann Sebastian Bach's, we would be heading to Berlin for the half marathon. > "One can profit there much more than in any other pl…

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…

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Recent Races

Phoenix Running Doughnut Dash Half Marathon

Northolt 10K

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

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