so … i’ll cut to the chase. i need the following …
one added motivation in my running regime
two this means i need a project
three also want beach
four and to drink espressos
five so i did a bit of google dot com & came up with the perfect synthesis of the above
six www.olympus-marathon.com (click the link on the RH side)
seven so now i need someone to join me … june 29
eight what could be better than summer in greece … crystal clear waters, exotic islands, ancient wonders, snow capped mt olympus, fair dinkum greek salads, and a breathtakingly beautiful run in the year of the olympics in the place where it all began
nine ok … so all you people that made new years fitness resolutions that haven’t quite transpired or like me need something to get you lifting those knees a little higher … join me!! i am 95% decided but will be 110% decided when one of my lovely friends out there commits to the plan with me!
ten check the trail photos below … and then email me
eleven do it now
OK … so I had a major epiphany while sitting under the Eiffel Tower this morning (for those of you at St Andrews … this was about the time you would have been returning from sport … just so you know I do pay you all a kind and compassionate thought here and there!)
So anyway I nearly wasn’t going to go to the Eiffel Tower just to take a stand (because I really don’t like sight seeing), but I actually got somehow lost on the subway and then ended up on a station near there so kinda thought that I should. So without sounding disrespectful, it really is just a big iron (I would suggest aesthetically ugly) structure that towers amongst some other beautiful old buildings. And yet there are THOUSANDS of people milling around taking photos, paying like 20 EURO to walk up a set of stairs on it etc etc … And all because someone somewhere said in a guidebook that it was probably the tallest structure in Europe once upon a time or something so now hundreds and hundreds of people come to Paris and probably do not much more than shop and see it!
So my epiphany is this … people generally don’t like to think on their own too much but are very easily led. So … if someone tells them something is famous and markets it well, then they can make milllions of dollars off people visiting it. Now I can understand people going to see natural landmarks because they are in fact beautiful … but the man made stuff … who cares!!! Quite clearly I am missing social company right now, because I could have had this conversation over an espresso with someone but I am too tentative to talk to anyone around here, so all these thoughts have been in my head needing to come out! Thanks for reading if you took the time!
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Hi All
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