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For many people bad weather and conditions (especially snow and ice) are a reason not to run. For me, bad conditions are an added bonus.

Things do get trickier when the white stuff turns grey, gets trampled, melts a bit and refreezes into uneven, unpredictable ice.
There is no way to work on speed on this stuff, and its plain dangerous to get too ( Read more... )

Some  questions have no answers. Why are we here? What are we supposed to be doing with our time on the big blue 'Quilt? Sometimes I kinda glimpse the answer and then it slips away tantalizingly...
When I was writing for the paper in Digby and Alberton I at least felt like I was using my parcel of god given talents to their max.
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Essen has been blessed this year with a gorgeous snowy December capped off with the much-longed for White Christmas.
I'm loving it: the blanket of white everywhere, the soft surface for running on, the quiet on the streets and in the woods. Snow to me is something different, something beautiful and something fun.
But few people here are seeing it as ( Read more... )

THOUGHTS FROM A RUN ROUND ÜBERRUHR
I was a bit cranky this morning. In a foul mood. Angry when I left the house to run. And a part of me thought, Ill run it out. Ill show this anger. Ill run it into the ground.
Luckily though I was instantly hit by another thought: dont put too much pressure on the run.
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an easy walk to the middle of the bay


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One of the best things about a morning run is, right away first thing, you've done something: something for you, for your health, for your sanity, something towards your goals.
But above all, you've done something. This is not an another normal day, with nothing new, just getting up, coffee, work, commute, TV, sleep. This day you did something: you ( Read more... )

I get asked a lot if I miss Canada. I usually avoid the question by answering that Germany is great place too; it's just not Canada I say.

I don't know quite how to explain it to people. And I think when I'm here in Germany maybe I forget anyway. Maybe I dont know when Im here.

Nova Scotia, the Nova Scotia I know, is a simple place. Simple, rough ( Read more... )