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 […]
Posts Tagged ‘Family’
Running Cala’n Blanes Menorca, Aug 2014
Posted: 19th August 2014 by mockjogger in Running AwayTags: Beach, Family, Holiday, Work
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 […]
Carrying the Bags at JogScotland’s One Big Weekend, Edinburgh, 4 Aug 2013
Posted: 6th August 2013 by mockjogger in Race reports, Viewing racesTags: Family, JogScotland
Running is contagious, and the rest of my family has caught a dose of it. Kiyoe started jogging again a couple of months ago. Our two junior Mockjoggers, Ryo and Kiran, have been to one or two of my races and have been lobbying for their turn. So when I spotted the JogScotland One Big […]
On Saturday morning, around 7am, I was making my final preparations for the Edinburgh 10K. This involved eating cereal, making last minute adjustments to the playlist, preparing some SIS electrolyte drink and attaching the race number to my new mockjogger T-shirt. I was engrossed with the mission in hand and was paying less than normal […]