Training Log Archive: blairtrewin

Last run in Geneva, a bit later than planned after sleeping in later than I'd planned on (obviously my watch alarm isn't loud enough). My plan today, as sometimes on long runs here, was to head for France, the target being Veyrier and a track which went on the far side of the border for a kilometre or so. This particular route takes you past one of the quirkier spots of Geneva - the Jewish cemetery which straddles the border. (There's a reason behind this - denominational cemeteries have been banned in Geneva for centuries, but the law doesn't apply to cemeteries which have the majority of their area in another canton or country).

As is often the way with this particular border, it wasn't obvious that you had crossed it (just a couple of marker stones if you knew where to look, and a small Republique Francaise logo on the dogs-on-leads sign - even the yellow Swiss walking track markers continued across the border). I couldn't help thinking, though, that there was a time 75 years or so ago where for some (not least some of those buried in the aforementioned cemetery), that few hundred metres would have been a matter of life and death.

This wasn't a brilliant run - never really got going, although flowed a bit in the last few kilometres. Still handling the climbing reasonably. Had originally been thinking of 105 minutes, but with the late start and an Achilles which was starting to play up a bit, I was happy enough to cut it off where I did and not try to do an extra loop.

On the way back tonight. I hadn't realised when making plans that tonight is the start of school holidays, with predictable consequences for the efficiency of the airport.