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Larnaca Day 5

It was a later start to the day, as we headed out around 08:45 for breakfast. We wandered into town, unsure where to go, but ultimately decided on one last visit to Christanthis. This time I went sweet, and had the cookie dough pancakes. I figured they couldn't be as filling as the last stack. Surely? Well, the last stack wasn't held together by a stick stabbed through them. These were, and that s …

November 18, 2024

Larnaca Day 4

I did the Boston (UK) marathon back in April, and that really hadn’t gone to plan with all the wind and rain on the day. It was probably one of the wettest races I’ve ever done (though maybe not the wettest run overall) as I think it may have been worse than Chicago. It was at least colder anyway, as I remembered Chicago still being warm despite it raining throughout. After Boston, I’d gotten so c …

November 17, 2024

Larnaca Day 3

Another day, and another breakfast out. This time we went to To Kafe Tis Chrysanthi’s, which is a place Carmen had used for breakfast on numerous occasions last year. It was quite the coincidence that I’d photographed the building during my day trip, and she’d eaten there a couple of years later. Unfortunately the early signs were that Carmen was getting the same cold I’d got. The warm air had mad …

November 16, 2024

Larnaca Day 2

Myself and Carmen have visited Cyprus multiple times before, and we've both explored Larnaca to a degree as well. Last time I'd visited I'd seen more or less everything I'd wanted to in a day, and felt there wasn't really anything left to see. It's not like Paphos where you could easily spend half a day just looking around ruins in the sun. This meant we'd now got two whole days with nothing plan …

November 15, 2024

AirBNB in Larnaca

Larnaca Day 1

A horrendously early start to the day would get us into Cyprus a little after midday so we'd have some time to settle before a couple of relaxing days ahead of race day. It didn't help I appeared to have the start of a cold.

November 14, 2024

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…

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Recent Races

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

Rutland 10K

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