micke-midlife on November 30th, 2009

training notes, long run 23,3km, 4:30min/km, 5:19 h sleep
It’s black dark, it’s raining, if Pekka S. hadn’t joined I would have skipped this training. Lond run, that’s as motivating after a hectic day at work as a Monday is after a too short weekend. The legs were heavy from the weekend’s unsuccesful attempt to run [...]

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micke-midlife on November 20th, 2009

A slightly different terrain. Was in Zürich this week. And of course in a country that stands for a mountain range and a city that stands for quality of life, you have try out running. Well, I had to. There’s lake Zürich and most probably you could find a route along the shores of it. [...]

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micke-midlife on November 10th, 2009

The target is set for this winter’s 10k running series. Going below 34min, bold as usually. “You only hit what you aim at”, as the American poet Henry Thoreau from the 19th century used to say. Btw as a tax resister quite a likeble fellow. Unfortunately there’s not much gain without pain. And a next [...]

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micke-midlife on November 7th, 2009

Was out earlier today on one of those utility runs, i.e. going running and getting something done the same time. This time it was into the city to get a pair or overshoes for those wet bike rides to work during the coming winter and then a U-turn towards one of the larger home improvement [...]

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micke-midlife on November 3rd, 2009

It feels like being a king in the evening. Rode the bike to work in the morning. 13km one way, takes 50 mins when stopping by the daycare and dropping of the little princess. She truly enjoys the ride from home, and screams the names of pretty much everything she sees, the trees, the guy [...]

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