finally hitting my stride

If my recent scribblings have come at all close to reflecting reality, you’ll probably have got the sense I’ve been a little distracted, what with major life events happening left, right and centre.
What? You didn’t? The whole marriage thing didn’t give you a hint?
Anyway - the marathon training has, of necessity, been squeezed and stretched [...]

a good long run

It’s been a little while since I last posted. Apologies, gentle Jruns readers. You’re entitled to expect better from your humble correspondent. In future I will try harder.
So what’s been happening? Well, for one thing, it was the weekend; a time when, amongst other things, I am blessedly free of all things web-related. I have [...]

leaving people behind

A double-barrelled post today, running and some thoughts of David Hicks.
RunningThe main feature of the weekend passed was a jaunt along the Koonung trail from Springvale to Bulleen road and back. According to Em’s footpod/GPS/magic-whiz-bang thing it was 24.5k, which sounds allright to me.
The first half was quite relaxed and chatty; the return leg less [...]

fashion

My slow, inevitable decline into grumpy-old-man-dom continues unabated. Almost every second day something comes over the wires that has me sucking in my teeth, shaking my head slowly and mutteringly darkly to myself something involving the words “back in my day”.
Today, it’s the news that the male bouffant is back. I kid you not. [...]