Doyen of the Annual Geneva Escalade Race
Vincent Ulrich of Leman Blue TV found that I was the oldest runner listed in the traditional annual Escalade race of Geneva run on 4 December. He came home with his cameraman and made a vedeo that was broadcast during the weekend escalade festival. He was waiting at the finish line. Imagine my delight when…
My 26th Escalade Race of Geneva 2020
I started to train earlier for the end of 2020 Geneva Escalade Race run on the first weekend of December. Then CORVID 19 struck and the race cancelled. Nevertheless, I made up my mind to run alone on the day to avoid a gap in my 26_year series. On Saturday 6 December, many enthusiasts ran…
Did it again!
On Saturday 30 November, I completed the annual Escalade 7.3 km-race in old Geneva, my 25th year. Three rounds on mostly hilly cobble-stone streets is not easy for an old heart. My CrossFit coach circulated the following message in French. It roughly reads: “Well, I’m not impressed by the athlete who performs 20 Bar Muscle…
Bert walks faster than I run!
Geneva Half Marathon 12 May 2019 Eleven years ago I encountered Bert competing in the night-time half Marathon of Jussy (Geneva, Switzerland). I do not know him nor his age; and he isn’t young. But he amazed me because he did not run; he just walked, very fast, looking comfortable while I had to run …
SANTA CLAUS HELPED ME TO RUN
SANTA CLAUS HELPED ME TO RUN “To run or not to run”, was my dilemma as debilitating as that of Shakespeare’s Hamlet: “to be or not to be”. Dare I break my twenty-three year series of running Geneva’s annual Escalade race scheduled on Saturday 1 December 2018? My brain refused to recall three previous disastrous…
INDIANS CAN RUN ALSO!
Indians can run also! Sunday, 11.45 am, 6 May 2018 :“You must be British Indians,” I approached a group of a dozen men and women with the Union Jack stickers on their bibs taking a group photo, thumbs raised and broad blissful smiles. “Yes we are. Bravo! Where are you from?” “I’m also an Indian.…
WILL I EVER RUN AGAIN?
WILL I EVER RUN AGAIN? Agni, the god of fire, inflicted such revenge on me in India that I thought I would never run again. (see – https://bigbangyoga.org/god-agnis-revenge/ ). A few days after returning to Geneva I tried to run my habitual 7 km. My legs refused to respond. At the finish I felt having run a…
Running is a healthy addiction
Running is a healthy addiction Geneva 2017 Half Marathon started at 8.30 on a cool and rainy Sunday morning of 7 May. At 7 km rain stopped and every one took off their rain-vests or plastic wraps and the fun increased. I was fit but I had not trained to run this race. Nevertheless, finding…
Never too late to run?
I learnt to run in the Nairobi Teachers Training College (1955-56) under the guidance of our physical training professor, McNiel. It is not because I was born in Eldoret, the centre of famous long-distance runners, that I never completely gave up running. But I never ran longer than one mile. It is well known that…
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…
