Nairobi Marathon
The Nairobi Marathon is only ten days away. ILRI is sponsoring us, and I think we’ll represent them well; I saw a list go around work today and there are fifty five names on it. It’s pretty-evenly divided between men and women, but there are only two men running the ten kilometer race, me and [...]
Running Club Day 3
Today was day three of the running club and I am still alive (but not completely well). All this running has made the bottoms of my feet hurt; I think that is the “pad” of your foot. Or is that the “ball” everyone’s always talking about? If I walk barefoot in my house it’s really [...]
Running Club Day 1: Sijakufa bado!
I haven’t died yet! Today was the first day of the running club at work. I feel great, but the run was really hard. I had figured I’d show up where everyone assembles before the run and then pick the weakest ones… but my colleagues swang by and picked me up just before lunch, took [...]
The Running Club
Tomorrow is my first day in the running club at my new job. I joined the coffee club last month, but this month I stepped it up a notch and joined the running club. There’s no formal membership (other than an inter-ILRI mailing list), but I did buy some shoes in the back of a [...]
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