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…
Category: Travel & expat life
Travel and expat life: my sports essentials packing list
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…
How to find running routes in your new city?
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…