paulradcliffe.me archive
Tag: Non-Running
March 25, 2015
I’m Back from my Asian Cruise Vacation!
I’m back! What? You didn’t know I was gone? Well, that’s a little disappointing. Then again, I don’t advertise on social media when I’m going to be away for weeks at a time. So, where have I been? They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so maybe it’s best explain with a picture. Yeah, so I recently got back from a 15-day cruise aboard the Celebrity Century through Asia. I traveled with my mom, her sister and her husband (my aunt and uncle), and another of my mom’s sisters and her husband (different aunt and uncle of[…continue reading]
January 26, 2015
Video Games Relapse
So, there haven’t been any updates to this blog lately. I have an explanation: I had a video game relapse recently. I mused in the summer that I didn’t play video games much anymore. But, as I posted in a Facebook post back in November, I felt like Dragon Age Inquisition would be the biggest threat to my training season. It has been so far. I have been very impressed with this latest iteration in the Dragon Age series. The story is compelling, the graphics are great, and the gameplay is fun. I got very immersed in the story and[…continue reading]
September 26, 2014
Ottawa Race Report Addendum
I was in a pretty dark mood when I wrote most of my race report for the Ottawa Army Run Half-marathon. But I’m very moved and touched by the supportive comments on the blog post, and on the Facebook and Dailymile shares. I want to thank you for being such good friends. Many of you reminded me that I didn’t really fail and I was being too hard on myself. It’s quite true! If my goal had been 2:20, I would have celebrated 2:17:54. The grind to the finish line would have been an epic, hard-fought success! Instead, I[…continue reading]
