END OF 2016 GENEVA RACE
END OF 2016 GENEVA RACE Like many, I closed 2016 by running the 39th Geneva race, popularly known as “Course de l’Escalade”. It was a cold day, rather night. Earlier I skirted the temptation to getaway to warmer lands. How could I skip my 22-year race? On Saturday 3 December temperature flickered around 3°C. To stay warm…
Running Geneva Semi-Marathon
Geneva Marathon 2016 – in memory of Nirmal. Geneva Marathon started 12 years ago. I run the half marathon. I missed it in 2010. This year I did not wait until the last day before enrolling with the good intention of training hard. You know what humans are like. Other attractions, temptations and not ill-health…
If you don’t use it you may lose it
Association of Former WMO Staff, Bulletin 5, November 2006 If you don’t use it you may lose it By Naginder Sehmi In April 2004, aged 67, I was fitter than I had ever been, having run my first half-marathons and looking forward to many more. My total UN health insurance reimbursement for 2003 was zero. …
The path of celestial visions
Association of Former WMO Staff, Buletin 3, November 2005. The path of celestial visions By Naginder Sehmi The steep rocky promontory on the left where the Rhone River makes an elbow bend has impressed whoever has entered Valais from Lake Leman side. It marks the entrance to central Valais. It is also the site of…
The chaser and the chased
Association of Former WMO Staff, Bulletin 7, November 2007 The chaser and the chased By Naginder Sehmi Rudi’s adventures in the Masai Mara (published in the same issue of the Bulletin) fuelled yet more exchanges between Amicale chatternauts. Sushel Unninayar was quick to reassure Rudi that he had never been in danger of being eaten…
