A short blog to share with you the routes I could try in various cities during my stay in Morocco, whether I was travelling for work or for fun. I couldn’t try and compare different routes as I only ran once in every city (except Tangiers but I just sticked to the corniche). Each time,…
Category: Africa
Where to run in Casablanca? My favourite running spot ever?
Spoiler: yes, I may have found in Casablanca one of my favourite running spots so far. At least probably my favourite expatriation destination so far. In any case, definitely a second home. But first let’s rewind, because that story didn’t start so well, though, did it? First, I arrived in Morocco still mourning Uganda, without…
Running in Kampala: How to survive (and enjoy!) hill running
If Rwanda is called “the land of a thousand hills”, Uganda could legitimately clame a similar name. The capital city, Kampala, is perched at 1000 meters high in average, the top of some hills exceeding 1300 meters. Originally built on 7 hills (now it has spread on many more), there is basically no way to…
Where to run in Kampala? Settling down in Africa!
Ah Kampala, my first real job, my first time settling down somewhere for more than 8 months and, above all, my first time in Africa! And for a first step on the continent, I found myself in one of the cradles of running, the homeland of Cheptegei and some of the world’s best long-distance runners….