Tag Archives: running
Dreams of driving in Dubai
This is a rollover from my old World Nomads travel journal. Funny how another year’s gone by and very little has changed. I can drive to a mall now. Only the local one. Supervised. On a Friday morning. Sigh. At 5.20pm tonight I was chopping baby chat potatoes in my kitchen, loading up a tray […]
The ups and downs of a very flat course
I finally ran the Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Half Marathon on Friday. I say finally because I was supposed to run it last year, but my darling and most wonderful husband booked an early birthday weekend over the top of it. Instead of running, I spent my time sampling gourmet delights, lazing by a pool, […]
A Change in the Air
There is a change in the air, and it’s not just another shamal whipping the sand around with the winds from Iran. Spirits are improving, schedules are getting busier, and there’s a buzz in the air of shared excitement and outdoor events. Summer is over and Winter is here. We don’t have four seasons here […]
What the Weather Can Do
I often tell myself I am unaffected by the weather in Dubai. I spend my evenings running as we head into the 36 degree, 70% humidity, evenings of summer, right up until break, and press on through September until the temps ease off in October. The runs are hard, the amount of sweat produced is […]
A Dubai weekday – What’s it like?
Thinking about it, I can’t really say an average working weekday in Dubai is much different from Australia, especially in terms of being a teacher. I picked a Wednesday, as we all know Wednesdays are average and boring, and this week, things are hard going at work. School is starting to consume me, and staff […]
Nobody really runs a marathon on their own steam
My motivations for tackling the marathon were all very selfish. As training continued, they grew to be more selfish; I was taking me time, I was working on my fitness, I was trimming down, I wanted to eat more cake. It was all ME, ME, ME!!! I didn’t talk to many people at work about […]
