Monthly Archives: March 2010

well, the mental training anyway. How did I get myself into this mess? Henrik and Celeste decided to call my bluff about running the marathon and got me an entry to this years race as my birthday “present” on my … Continue reading →

I am running the Stockholm marathon. The Stockholm marathon is 70 days from today. That’s 10 weeks from today. I am unfit. I am scared.

Over the last couple of weeks I was in Scotland visiting home and getting up to all kinds of mischief. I’ve got some good photos somewhere of me and my Dad up in Fort William and around Loch Lomond helping … Continue reading →

On Saturday we went to Stockholm Art Corner for two hours of Painterntainment. Basically, me and Maria and three others had a couple of hours to let our creative juices flow and produce our own mini masterpieces from acrylics and … Continue reading →

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Pics of walking to work across the frozen lake on a sunny Friday morning in March.

I looked up the hill and there it was. The bus 70. A comfortable, warm lift directly to the office. The bus was one hundred meters behind me and the bus stop 200 meters in front of me. The race … Continue reading →

Yessssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ve been waiting for this for 5 years!!! http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8550618.stm

My impressive run in the predictor league almost hit new heights at the weekend. I had Rangers and Celtic to draw 0-0 and would have got the 3 points if it wasn’t for the old rule of “keep on playing … Continue reading →