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sunrise on Tenjikuyama [jatp]
Posted in Statistics with tags 転軸山, Japan, jatp, Kongōbu Temple, Koyasan, Koyasan Forest Park, Mt Koya, Okonuin, running, sunrise, Tenjikuyama, trail running on August 27, 2019 by xi'anArgentan half-marathon [1:26:03, 22nd/329, 4th V2/63, 15⁰]
Posted in pictures, Running with tags Argentan, Argentan half-marathon, Grand Master, Normandie Course à Pied, Normandy, Orne, road race, road running, running, veteran (V2) on October 13, 2018 by xi'anDespite failing to reach the podium this year in my V2 category, a predictable first as I get closer to move to the next category, V3, or “senior grandmaster”, and missing by a few seconds my 1:25 target, I was rather happy with this half-marathon, having run at my pace the whole race, with none of the low passages I had in previous races and instead feeling quite well in the last kilometers, where I left the first female runner. Weather was perfect, with no sun, no rain, and no wind in the second half. The three V2 runners in front of me were much faster (1:22, 1:24, and 1:25:21) than those of the previous years, an illustration of the law of small numbers found in these races…
amber warning
Posted in Statistics with tags Austin, England, running, snow, University of Warwick, Warwickshire, weather forecasters on December 10, 2017 by xi'anJust saw this severe Met warning of snow over Warwickshire and neighbouring counties… The campus is indeed covered with snow, but not that heavily. Yet. (It is comparatively mild in Austin, Texas, even though the icy wind turned my fingers to iciles during my morning run there!)
Amber warning of snow
- From: 0810 on Sun 10 December
- To: 1800 on Sun 10 December
Updated 6 hours ago Active
A spell of heavy snow is likely over parts of Wales, the Midlands and parts of Northern and Eastern England on Sunday.
Road, rail and air travel delays are likely, as well as stranding of vehicles and public transport cancellations. There is a good chance that some rural communities could become cut off.This is an update to extend the warning area as far south as Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex.
Gaußplatz [jatp]
Posted in pictures, Running, Travel with tags Austria, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Gaussplatz, jatp, running, Vienna, Wien on September 22, 2017 by xi'anat the foot of Monte Rosa
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Travel, Wines with tags climbing, Dufourspitze, hiking, Italia, Macugnana, Monte Rosa, rain, running, snow, Switzerland on August 16, 2017 by xi'anAfter last-year failed attempt at climbing a summit in the Monte Rosa group, we came back for hiking on the “other side” of Monte Rosa, at the Italian foot of Dufourspitze with less ambitious plans of hiking around this fantastic range. Alas the weather got set against us and thunderstorms followed one another, making altitude hikes unreasonable because of the fresh snow and frequent fog, and lower altitude walks definitely unpleasant, turning the trails into creeks.
While we had many nice chats with local people in a mixture of French and Italian, and sampled local cheese and beers, this still felt like a bit of a wasted vacations week, especially when remembering how reasonable the weather had been the week before in Scotland. However, all things considered, the previous week had seen a deadly heat wave cross the south of Europe that very week, so I should not be complaining about rain and snow! And running a whole week checking the altimeter instead of the chronometer is a nice experience.