I have a new training plan for the Berlin Marathon. It is from McMillan Running. It is much more scientific from the one I had amateurishly created. While the long runs are still on weekends, the new plan actually has a strategy. The hard runs are harder and the easy ones are easier. The rest […]
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Work, Run, Wine, Sleep

It is no secret that I love to run. When the run is mostly downhill, I love it even more. Today after work, as the sun set behind Camelback mountain, I ran the greenbelt and canal for a point-to-point downhill run from Mountainview Park to oldtown Scottsdale. It was chilly out there. There was nary […]
Wine and Oppie Dorp
The day started with breakfast at Steenberg and then visiting the wine region in Stellenbosch and Franschhoek. First we went to Rust En Vrede wine estate and then on to Thelema Wine. The highlight of the day was dinner at Oppie Dorp Restaurant in Stellenbosch where we met the most wonderful people (mother and daughter) […]