Recent happenings

In St. Paul's Cemetery: A tail-less squirrel, lovingly and regularly kept an eye on by an elderly woman.

Cycling up towards Highbury Barn: "You're going fast!"

Out running this morning: Rain and sun and clouds and people in their own worlds meeting on the Heath.

Trialing a gym club: A crazily energetic yoga teacher pushing my flexibility to new limits. My own yoga teacher wouldn't do that, she lets people follow their own speed.

Culture: A pop-up cinema in Hackney Wick, watched Requiem for Detroit. Awesome movie.

t-10weeks: Have run 91km already this month as part of my prep for the Berlin Marathon.

Work picking up: Just booked tickets to visit Edinburgh, Cumbernauld and Newcastle over 5 days in September.

Bike: Realising how bloody heavy an iron-frame bike is and how much I'd like to replace it with a lovely new (light!) model.

Italian goodness: Off to a wedding this week, and looking forward to chilling on the beach.

"Freelancing": Copy writing a book for someone I hardly know whilst working, trying to maintain a social life, training for a marathon.

District to home

Went to visit my lovely friends in Richmond today. They had a baby last autumn and since moved to the other side of London. I don't see them as often as I used to. My friend's sister was visiting from overseas with her daughter. The two girls are just 6 weeks apart in age. Needless to say, this visit involved a lot of baby focused activities.
I'm on the tube, heading home. I'd forgotten it's Saturday night, damned be my recently incredibly aged ways.

There's a middle aged coupled snogging the tongues out of each others faces, a waft of alcohol breath drifting past now and again, an elderly man sleeping while wearing a remarkable fez, a posh man in a blue kilt holding a balloon and a young woman with sparkles on her heavily made up face, in line with her incredibly orange fake-tan legs, tiny miniskirt and brash red lipstick. I feel like a weird transplant from another world.

25 September 2011

I've decided to run Berlin. A good friend asked me a few months ago, and in my winter-induced laziness I said, "Mhm, yeah, well, maybe not". Now, after running more or less consistently for a month or so I'm thinking that it just might be possible. Watch this space :)

Action

I've started running again. It's been so long and it feels so good. It's like spring has finally decided to peek out and has brought with it a bit of energy and clarity.

Things are moving so rapidly these days. Work is immensely busy, I'm moving house within 6 weeks, days fly by with activity.