Following on from the series of posts written about the athlete AB, I shall now introduce you to the athlete known as MrsDuck. MrsDuck is an ex-badminton player of a pretty high standard, playing in the A division of her country of birth, Finland. Well, I am married to MrsDuck and I am known as […]
Running Blogs
Racing her first 10k races
After the Copenhagen Marathon, MrsDuck prepared for a race through the streets of Ystad in the South of Sweden, some 60km from Malmo. The Wallanderloppet, is run over a distance of 6km and finishes at the town square. The race is normally held in July, and on this occasion the year was 2010. This article […]
New surroundings
It has been almost 2 years since my last post. Like I wrote then, our life was doing somersaults. After the somersaults became a spin. It felt like life was tumbling in a spin like a washing machine. Our crazy move (in retrospect) to the unknown has been quite a journey with lots of doubt and […]
My first Half Marathon experience
The 2014 Gran Canaria Marathon on 26th January, was going to be my first ever half marathon, as well as my first visit to Las Palmas, so it was all rather exciting. I had to go and renew my passport at the consulate in Las Palmas before mid February, so I thought, why not make […]
Working on the making of the athlete AB
After the 5km time-trial, the week before, we now prepared towards the 10km which would take place on the 20th July in Playa Blanca. This article follows on from – Intro to the athlete AB. I have been given permission to write a warts and all blog about the ups and down of the athlete […]