Saturday, July 31st, 2010
So here I am. Home from Davos and the Alpine Marathon K31. It was a truly amazing experience. Without a doubt this was the prettiest run of my life and I’m living proof that looking at the view takes your mind off the number of kilometres you’re running and the associated aches and pains! We […]
The most beautiful run of my life….
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
Yesterday I managed to finish basting the plaid squares quilt top – my absolute least favourite part of making a quilt – and today I’ve started on the quilting. It’s coming along nicely – but I’m sure will get tricky when I get to the middle. Thank goodness it isn’t a huge quilt! I’m just […]
Merrily quilting along
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Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
We are still ‘enjoying’ tropical temperatures over here in Switzerland, but I’m not sure that my home or I are really made for this. My daughters were even sent home from school today because the buildings were too hot. Extraordinary. Today they came home with their end of term reports. One of the two – […]
Heat and hollyhocks
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Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
It’s hot today. Summer finally arrived. My big race is a month away now, so Andrea and I headed out early for a long training run. We kept to the woods – the Erlenbachertobel down to the Lake of Zürich, then along the lake to Küsnacht and up the Küsnachtertobel and home. A Tobel is a […]
Slow and steady
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Sunday, June 13th, 2010
Today I headed out to Bern at the crack of dawn with three of my running buddies. Bern is under two hours away by public transport – and is a very beautiful old city, the capital city of Switzerland and home to the Parliament (which you can see in the photo to the left). We […]
A day out in Bern, a speed up Sunday!
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