glaconman Wrote:ps. Sorry for doubting your Hamalyan love story Andy; it was only done in jest. Being abondoned in a puke stained hovel with amoebic dysentery must have been your Shimla story. Or was it Kathmandu? Anyway, I prefer the Darjeeling one, without-a-doubt.
Ah, couldn't remember who it was. Well, as you've been magnanimous, I'll come clean too. It was hardly a 'summer of love' -- more of a drunken fortnight of heavy petting, and she was decidedly unglamorous. But it was still a very happy oasis in an often-grim few months. My ten days of vomitry and worse was Kathmandu. I referred to it in Almeria to explain why I never eat seafood.
Good news about your burgeoning enthusiasm. I'm just about to get out for my first run in about 3 weeks. It won't be fun, but the sun's shining, and it has to be done.
Like you, I'm also trying to plan ahead for races. I've got a few local ones in my sights but am wondering how much I can dare to fantasise about an autumn marathon. I'm on holiday in September which isn't ideal preparation for an October mara. I've thought of Dublin at the end of October, or possibly something in Europe like Berlin (though I've done a German one before) or the Medoc Marathon in September which sounds a laugh. Or there's Loch Ness. Or Warsaw, though Poles take it all a bit seriously. Am still mulling.
I should do some running before I plan anything. Keep us updated with what you decide. I might even join you.
Don't forget Almeria January 08. No excuses this time...
The shortest Marathon campaign in history
