I know many blogs have been written already about running safely as a woman. Reason being that unfortunately, sexist and inappropriate remarks, annoying guys and sexual harassment do happen in every country. I also faced problematic behaviours and remarks when running in France: the catcalls in Paris’ streets, the bad jokes in Grenoble, and I…
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…
If you are settling in or traveling to a new city and wonder where to go for a run, running and GPS apps can be a good source of inspiration. As I’ve been regularly moving to different cities, I had the opportunity to test and try some of them whether it was to understand where…
If I had to summarise my life, and particularly my years as a student, it was a continuous succession of packing/moving/unpacking/packing/moving/unpacking… After moving here and there several times, sometimes just for three or four months, I ended up identifying and building a list of essential items for running and sports. I learned to streamline the…
Turin, Berlin, Paris, Vienna, Madrid, Hanoï, Kampala, Casablanca… All those cities I moved to and those I visited in my host countries and around. And every time, these same questions: where can I go running around here? How to get to the nearest park? Where can I safely plan an interval training session? Where can…
First, I understand that my title can be misleading. Let’s start by a short clarification. It is true that in the end, you can feel unsafe in your own country or your home city. To be honest, I would feel more confident to run at night in Berlin, Vienna or even Hanoi than in Grenoble….
This is the eternal question I’ve been facing for a few years. Okay, air quality is bad. Should I postpone my running session, will it be better in the next hours, in the next days, should I run indoors, should I wear a mask? Is it worse not exercising at all or exercising when it’s…
No matter where you live, you will most probably experience heat waves and hot weather conditions in the coming years, if not now already. Extreme heat periods are more and more frequent, and don’t spare any region (it’s 50°C in Canada and Siberia but let’s build a few more pipelines and coal plants, and develop…
