Inflight reflections – my second Marathon motivation
I’m writing from seat 24B on Air New Zealand flight 104. I’ve got a long journey and 2 more flights before I hit my final destination, Chicago. When you’re forced…
Category: Pondering Punk
Breaking through the wall – Beating the post Marathon blues
It has been a while since I’ve updated the blog. I really enjoyed writing in the lead up to my marathon debut at Cadbury. I was going to write about…
Back to the beginning – Week 4 of maratraining
I don’t know where this week has gone! Work kept me extremely busy (payback for taking a couple of days off) and training just kind of happened. I think I’m…
The Golden Ticket for an Epic Run
A few months ago I won the lottery! The lottery for a place in the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. I’ve been wanting to run a marathon for quite…
Going Góralka in Zakopane
In case you didn’t know I am Polish. Well 1/2 Polish as my mum is Polish. My mum grew up in a mountain village called Zakopane which is located an…
Rediscovering Krakow
Krakow holds many memories for me. Way back in 1998, I spent a few months studying Polish at the Jagellonian University. I fell in love with this beautiful medieval town…
Auschwitz-Birkenau a second look (she says)
Today I visited Auschwitz Concentration camp. I have visited this site before in 1998 while I was studying in Poland. I felt the same sorrow and heavy heart I did…
The 5 things that drove me crazy in österreich
1) The toilet Going to the loo is expensive in Vienna. You can expect to pay between 50c to 1 euro for the privilege of using their facilities. God help…
On the road again….FINALLY!
After 15 years of schlepping for corporate the time has come for this punk to hit the road and have a break. The blog has been very quiet since 2012…
2012 – A retrospective
I’ll preface this post by saying that it’s New Year’s Eve and I’ve already had 1/2 a bottle of champagne. No, it is actually Tasmanian sparkling wine. Had to say…