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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.
Recovery or Slump?
June 18, 2014
2 months since the Marathon Des Sables and the glory is starting to fade....
Walking with nomads, last day: All change
May 28, 2014
Today we walked with Izza and Zahra and the goats. We counted them out of the enclosure, 210 goats and the little sheep, and then set up directly over the hill. Our aim was not to get to the next camp but to find enough food for the flock.