at home in…, w| Gerald Zhang-Schmidt

10 days to the 100 Miles of Istria. Running Vignette: Dad just had a look at the GPS track of it and then told me, “If we were in Umag [the start] and your mum said we should drive to the other side of Istria [the finish], I’d tell her, No, I don’t want to, [...]

Went out for a long run, now that it’s gotten to be fewer than three weeks to my first ever attempt at getting through 100 miles in one go, the first planned running event of this year (at the 100 Milja Istria), into wind and snow that are getting to be rather unseasonal. Yes, they [...]

The dead of winter, turning of the sun… pumpkins from the fall garden still stored in a cool place, a memory of the last garden year. First, the pumpkin plants almost get destroyed by slugs. Then, they took over the patch of the garden where they were growing. Finally, quite a few pumpkins were to [...]

Trail running. Mountain ultramarathons. As you may have noticed (considering what I’ve been writing on all year), I find these activities to be among the greatest examples of an exploratory way of life. It’s getting outdoors, getting into and doing something positive for the bodies we are, coming home in movement that lets all thought [...]

How do you make yourself at home where you are, as you are, but with growth and learning? For me, in 2012, this was very much about physical activity around the places where I live. Often enough, truly around, seeing how I usually run in circles – and tried to circle around Vienna. The prior [...]