I seem to have spent a lot of time whining on this blog recently. Injuries, lack of running opportunities, blah, blah. So while the story still feels a bit more “travel” than “running” I am happy to say that the feet have been hitting the path much more regularly of late. This summer we decided […]
Archive for the ‘Running Away’ Category
Running Enoshima Tokyo, Aug 2015
Posted: 14th August 2015 by mockjogger in Running AwayTags: Beach, Early Runs, Enoshima, Heat, Holiday, Jetlag, River, Tokyo
Running Beijing, Jul 2015
Posted: 18th July 2015 by mockjogger in Running AwayTags: Beijing, Early Runs, Rain, Travel
If this post is anything like my run it will be short and wet. I’d skip to the pictures if I were you. And so it came to pass that I found myself in China with a seemingly impossible mission to accomplish a gazillion meetings in 4 cities in a week. Shanghai, Namjing, Xuchang, Beijing. […]
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Running Tokyo and Osaka, Jul 2015
Posted: 12th July 2015 by mockjogger in Running AwayTags: Humid, Osaka, Rain, Short Runs, Tokyo
Two days after arriving in Tokyo I had my first running opportunity. 6.30 am, jet lag was sending me dancing messages and the family was asleep. I checked messages and discovered it was a heatwave in Edinburgh. Outside I could see grey clouds and heavy rain. I felt like I was having a summer bypass, […]
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Running Seattle and San Jose, Jun 2015
Posted: 2nd July 2015 by mockjogger in Running AwayTags: Airport, Hertz, San Jose, Seattle, Travel
Last week I was running along a beach in Crete. This week I’m running round Seattle Airport. My new Nike Flyknit travel runners have their own air miles account, and over the next three weeks I hope they also score some road miles as I travel the globe on a humongous business trip, stalked by Hertz, […]
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Running Gouves Crete, Jun 2015
Posted: 25th June 2015 by mockjogger in Running AwayTags: Beach, Beer, Ceri, Crete, Food, Laura, Nike+, Pool, Sun
Early last week, I was considering a comeback race, my first since the Great North Run. Playing chicken with my Achilles over the last couple of weeks was working and I had logged a couple of 6 milers with no after-effects. So while the rest of the world was gathering for either the West Highland […]
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Running Cala’n Blanes Menorca, Aug 2014
Posted: 19th August 2014 by mockjogger in Running AwayTags: Beach, Family, Holiday, Work
From about two days before departure date it became clear that this was going to be a different kind of holiday. Work had kinda gone nuts. Not that that’s a bad thing, but it meant that I knew I would be spending some time on the holiday in symbiosis with WiFi. With that, and the […]
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Running Tokyo, Jun 2014
Posted: 12th June 2014 by mockjogger in Running Away, Training RunsTags: Family, Heat, Jetlag, Rain, River, Sushi, Tokyo, Weather
As the saying goes, when you want to go running in Tokyo, find a river. So on the third day of a two-week sojourn to my favourite away venue, I ventured outside my base to make my way to the Arakawa river. Thirty degrees and 80% humidity met me at the door to escort me […]
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Running Sharm el Sheikh, Dec 2013
Posted: 8th January 2014 by mockjogger in Running Away, Training RunsTags: Sharm el Sheikh
To say that the town the town of Sharm el Sheikh is not beautiful would be to flatter it. Built where the desert meets the Red Sea, it is a juxtaposition of luxurious (or so I’m told) 5* hotels and abandoned derelict buildings, wonderful sparsely-used colour-tasatic tropical fish-filled sand-and-coral beaches, partially completed rocky footpaths, shanty-town […]
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Running Stalis Crete, Jul 2013
Posted: 14th July 2013 by mockjogger in Running Away, Training RunsTags: Beach, Crete, Holiday, Morning Runs
Of all the places to write a post, the balcony of apartment at Amazones Appts, Stalis, Crete ranks highly in my opinion. An opinion which is justifiably assisted by an ice-cold Mythos. There are two more nights to go of this chilling holiday before packing the bags and returning to a what BBC tells me […]
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Running Boston, Jun 2013
Posted: 6th June 2013 by mockjogger in Running Away, Training RunsTags: Boston, Heat, Jetlag, Trail Running
I have spent the best part of this week in the Boston area. I expected a change of scenery but got more than I bargained for, as it turns out that GoogleUK’ing “Weather Boston” brings up Boston UK not Boston US. So I was prepared for 18 degrees but not the volcano-like 35 degrees that […]
