Health and exercise

Systems check for runners

ByDMcA March 8, 2012March 8, 2012

In a recent post I wrote about the little reward of a decent lunch after a good run. I was musing after this post about what makes a run good, or even great. In my case, I don’t get the endorphin rush from running that some people apparently do. I feel good after a 5k,…

Health and exercise | Travel

Runner’s reward – Cape Town

ByDMcA March 1, 2012March 5, 2012

There is an odd feature about life down here. I can run harder, longer and more frequently than is possible for me anywhere in the northern hemisphere. My standard route is up to the top of Chapman’s peak drive, a 10k route, with an absolute height difference bottom to top of 200m or so, but…

“Still alive and able to get about quite well” is the overall report. We are all fine, albeit with the usual ups and downs. The site has been spiffed up a bit, and should be faster and easier to navigate. I might even put some new content on – see What’s happening? for more info.

On other fronts, I think my photography techniques and images have improved quite a lot over the last 4 years, and I have discovered a fascination for the technical and technique challenges of photographing birds in flight. Have a look at mcaughtry.photo to see if you agree. I have also discovered the delights of artisan coffee, and have built a spiffy state of the art digital audiophile music system, all of which I may write about in the future. So no shortage of things to interest or infuriate me.

But most of all my life has been enriched and inspired by my two beautiful and funny grandchildren, 5 and 2 years old as I write. Why couldn’t I have been like this when I was their age I ask myself? I am privileged to know them and my heart skips on each encounter.