What sort of vacationing runner are you? Do you forget all about getting the miles in when you're on a break, or is the thought of leaving your trainers at home enough to cause you to break out in a cold sweat? I usually plan to get all my usual runs in and throw in … Continue reading Running Holiday
San Francisco has only one drawback - 'tis hard to leave. Rudyard Kipling Yeah. That's about the size of it. Well, we're back from San Francisco. It was a bit of a shock stepping out into a cold, wet and miserable London yesterday. The nights are drawing in here and all the shops put up … Continue reading The San Francisco Chronicles 4 – The Only Drawback
I left my heart in San Francisco. High on a hill it calls to me to be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars! Sometimes running is about knowing when not to run. For our second weekend in the Bay Area, Mr Duff and I had signed up for the Healdsburg Half Marathon. … Continue reading San Francisco Chronicles 3 – Wine Country DNS
The other reason we flew out on a Friday, and also the reason we were both taking it easy at parkrun, was because on Sunday we were due to run the Bridge to Bridge 5k from the Ferry Building to the Marina. Again, I had missed out on this race two years ago because of … Continue reading San Francisco Chronicles Part 2 – Bridge to Bridge 5k
