Marathons and Sprints

  Today was about testing the claim of Copenhagen being Europe's most bike friendly city. Check this out for the full route  A bit of a conversation with our hotel hosts gave us 'paid access' to one of their rather uncool bikes, our mode of transport for the day. Prior to hitting the road(s) we grabbed a bit of breakfast in the hotel, quite a different experience to yesterday, absolute mayhem around 9.30 where it was every man and woman for themselves at the toaster. Madness. Good to get some fresh air after that, and love a bit of a 2 wheel exploration. Firstly had to master the machine, which was pretty low tech and very different to my normal cycle.. 2 gears and breaking all by back pedalling and some chopper style high handlebars and a basket to take my presents to grandma. Lets say I had more difficulty with the contraption than Chrissi but it still served as a great way to see the Danish capital. By way of a practice we did a relatively sanitised harbour tour, 3 miles...

  Picking up the fairy tale from yesterday Hans Christian Anderson as a point of correction had nothing to do with the size of grandmas teeth. But peas under mattresses, and ducklings turning into magnificent swans do resonate more. I can find a Swansea City connection wherever I roam! Right back into the present, and more fairy tales written today by parkrunners who have many fictional goals that can be satisfied by a 5K run. I'm generally satisfied by a run of that distance, and to do one in a different country, and in a different environment is enough for me. Whether it is a parkrun or street run its a great way to see the world on 2 feet. But today the records rolled as people were able to to tick off running a parkrun on a Thursday amongst I'm sure many other arbitrary measurements and were able to share these achievements via spreadsheets or online message groups to the awe of fellow stattos.  Quite the middle class subculture. It did mean an early start to the day with ...