Month: January 2007

Spirituality

And now she is dead

By on Wednesday, January 3, 2007

Some years ago I was the chairman of our ‘road community’. I had several infights with various neighbours complaining about each other, noise, loud music, stray garden fences…all the stuff you have between neighbours. One lady was a particularly tough dance…very aggressive, very arrogant. However, I kinda ended on good terms with her, calming the issues for her, helped her out with some of her other idiotic neighbours. She sold the house five years ago. So today, I read in the paper that she had died at age 58.

Morale ? Life is so short ! Pick your friends and your enemies carefully and thresure both…  and beware that everything is only once…and then it is gone … forever… in reality, however, forever present in your mind and memory. So…cheerish your life and give yourself, your friends and your loved-ones memorable moments !

 

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Marathon

First marathon drop-out

By on Tuesday, January 2, 2007

Ok, so I didn’t make it, I had to drop out of the Zürich New Years marathon. The day was like this for me: up 06.30, eating, talking with the police to get a provisorial passport as my real one was ‘unavailable’, 08.45 Socialmarathon started on Amager (Copenhagen), I finished in 5.08, then back to home, passport had become available (thank God !), 17.30 driving to the airport, 20.00 take-off to Zürich, then local trains to Schlieren, walking to race area, changing, waiting, race start at 00.00 01/01/2007 ! Running with head lamps in absolute darkness on both sides of a canal system was just amazing ! But…after 2 hrs 53 and 23.74 km minuttes my right knee said ‘STOP’ and I had to obey…risking serious injuries is just not my game. I was picked up by car after 10 minutes of waiting, that was great service. Then, after a shower, I was waiting 2 hours for the trains to run again…then back to the airport…sleeping 3 hours on two chairs…and take-off at 12.00 01/01/2007. What an adventure…and even though I did not finish the race I learned a lot from the experience, stuff that I will use in the races to come. HAPPY NEW YEAR !

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