Ok. So my run in Malta in November is on! 🇲🇹🏃‍♂️ "This is to acknowledge that you have successfully posted your application form for the 2026 ZURRIEQ 10K RUN race." Anyone care to join?

I really do not like running with my mobile phone - it’s somewhat bulky… too big to keep in a pocket and I don’t like waistbands for storing it. So this time I just left the phone at home and went without being online for the race (I can pay with my watch). It was a great adventure - we had to plan where to meet my friend, make sure we had a plan in case we got lost and returning home without access to night bus and tram schedules online was just a great experience. You look up schedules at stops ask people (who were actually really helpful) and use all kinds of brain activities that you usually don’t if you have access to the vast internet knowledge on your phone. Great experience!

My Wrocław Night Half Marathon project is done. I’m really happy that I managed to finish the race a few seconds below 1:41:30 which means I beat my goal time by over a minute. Despite a few glitches with how the race was organized it had hands down the best course ever - lightning fast!

2 days until the Wrocław Night Half Marathon. I picked up my race kit and enjoyed a lovely Swedish fika with cardamom buns. I have generated enough data for both Garmin and Trait so now they more or less agree on my upcoming performance: Trait predicts a half marathon in around 1:41:55, while Garmin estimates 1:41:05. Since both assume a distance of 21.1 km and I’ll likely cover 21.25 km, I’m aiming for 1:42:35.

Only 4 days left… time to take it easy :)

Today I got rid of my Instagram account… in two weeks or so I will delete my Facebook account!!

No doubt Garmin is a perfect execution platform but planning and predicting is not its strong suit. My running app says I can run half marathon in about 1:42. So far my best (from month ago) was 1:44:20 and Garmin prediction is 1:48.