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Not so fast in Fes
January 11, 2015
Running through history, literally. A morning run that started off in the ancient alleyways of the Fes medina and then took us up to see the sunrise from the Merenid Tombs perched on top of one of Fes's many, many hills
Gladiator and Glue
January 2, 2015
This was an evening that was meant to be purely about entertainment and enjoying an epic film in the epic surroundings of Jema El Fnaa in Marrakech but it turned out to be more than that and to raise a question that we all face wherever we are living, What do you do when you see something bad happening?
MdS Kit: What did and didn’t work
December 11, 2014
You would think that running would be a kit-free zone but somehow I managed to spend a fortune, kitting up for the Marathon Des Sables. In fact, because you have to carry everything for the week, it is incredibly important to get the necessity versus weight ratio right. Food was one of the really crucial factors and bizarrely I found that less was more.
What’s your name? I’m a banana.
November 10, 2014
I love learning languages but there is always that difficult phase when you are fluent in three phrases but have no real idea what is going on. I am often in that phase for a very long time!
I never thought I would be a ……
October 26, 2014
Alex Stein credits her Grandmother with starting her off on yoga. She has been practising since she was a child and now she is sharing that experience. Her speciality is yoga for healing. I need some flexibility and she promised no pain.....
A blind man and his seeing donkey
September 13, 2014
Scoping out the route for the UTAT 42km marathon distance I am running on 3rd October. My flatmate, Olivia and I, hiked it over two days, and that felt tiring, maybe it was the 2,600 metres of ascent. We met Mohammed on the way and he put things in perspective.
A very hard run in the mountains
July 24, 2014
Training post Marathon Des Sables, with our eyes on a race in the Atlas - UTAT October 2014. We came a cropper...
Running in Ramadan
July 11, 2014
No food or drink for 15 hours and then an hour's run. My Moroccan running friends put me to shame during Ramadan.
