Mentor

The last days have been exceptionally busy with little time for either blogging or running as everything has to be organized before the fall semester starts on Monday. Today, I have spent all day in front of Zoom with the new mentor programme for university teachers which feels very promising.

For dinner, I returned to the Aeolian islands for another glass of Bianco Porticello which has become somewhat of an instant favourite. Together with some pan-fried salmon with green beans and tortellini, life could clearly be worse. In ten days, I am off to run the High Coast Trail 43k with Elin so the coming week will be mostly tapering even as I hope to squeeze in at least one more long run and maybe my own guerrilla version of Umemilen (as I will miss the real thing since it is on the same day as the High Coast race).

Last Sunday, Seth James DeMoor, who I have been following on Youtube for a few years now, won the Pikes Peak Marathon after an incredible performance. Reading the comments afterwards on Strava, it was heart-warming to see that many mentioned his wife (known as “True Love”) and that his victory, in no small part, also belonged to her. To be honest, I cannot even imagine what it must have been like to juggle their four kids while Seth has been out running his 160+ km weeks.