Category: Swiss walks
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The Morat-Fribourg Race Success
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I ran from Morat to Fribourg in a race with 17,000 other people. One of them was wearing a 34kg suit of armour. Most were in shorts and t-shirts as you’d expect. The challenge for me, wasn’t to race. It was to run the distance, without exhausting myself, without pain, and…
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The Novel Experience of Running an Unfamiliar Route During a Race
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is amusing that I would be nervous about a linear path that goes from A to B. I am nervous because I haven’t had the race experience yet, although in recent weeks I have experienced two triathlons, once walking, the second as a volunteer, and I experienced a crtiérium a week…
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Running a Longer Social Distance
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Sunday I will be running 17km in a running event. My goal isn’t to be fast. My goal is to run 17km without getting exhausted, and without suffering too much. Two or three weeks ago I ran a social 18km or so and I felt fine at the start but as…
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Quality of Walking Experience
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn an ideal world, we step out of our home and we go for a walk, like they did in The Last of the Summer Wine, and we socialise, and see local people. During the pandemic we could step out of the house, and go for a walk, without worrying about traffic,…
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The iPhone, Digital Minimalism, and Social Media
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen I was at university the second time, as a mature student I estimated that my social network was around 600 people deep. In light of this it seems absurd that I hooked on to Facebook and Twitter at the same time. Why would it make sense to hook on to both…
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A Dry Cloudless Autumn in Switzerland
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I was struck by a paradoxical site. An Autumnal looking stream that has practically dried up. A week ago the river could be seen, and the rocks, and stones. Last night, during a group run what I saw was yellow leaves sitting on still water, with no water flowing. Water is…
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On the Importance of Volunteers at Sporting Events
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn recent weeks I volunteered at two events. The Triathlon de Divonne and the Critérium de Céligny. At both events there is a social need that people need to be made aware of. That social need is for people to volunteer at sporting events, not just participate. The Course de l’éscalade is…
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On A Silly Fly That Flew Into a Fridge and Fell Asleep
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor a week or so there were a lot of flies clustering. I believe that this was due to weather weirding. For months it was too warm, and dry, so they didn’t breed as voraciously. Eventually the weather changed temporarily so there was an infestation for those with bad luck. During…
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Two Social Runs in a Day
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I woke when it was still dark and cold. I went to Décathlon for a run and got there early so I waited in the car, where it was warm. I saw people arrive, and when 07:50 arrived I walked into the shop. I learned at that moment that there were…
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Worsley, True Crime and Jack the Ripper
Reading Time: 2 minutesA few days ago I watched an interesting documentary in which Lucy Worsley investigated Jack the Ripper, but rather than look at the crimes, motivation, and identifying who the criminal was she took a “media and society” perspective focused on the genre of true crime journalism. Within the documentary and podcast genre…