First things first… 10k is a long, long way. But the road, for the first time since the Miles for Smiles ‘fun run’ was announced several months ago, is at last behind and not ahead of me. Yesterday was just as tough as we all expected it to be and every bit as rewarding. It
Miscellaneous
And now, the end is near…
The phoney war is over, the side-bets have been laid. And the sponsorship – a remarkable sum, understood to be well north of US$150,000 – has been raised. Yes Saturday is Miles for Smiles day – the big 5k/10k run/walk/crawl that has attracted over 55 runners from around the world and across the travel retail
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Events
Munster the (real) victors after epic sporting showdown
That’s right – you could hear a dog barking in a backstreet of Limerick, such was the silence inside Thomond Park. You almost expected the crowd to collectively look in the direction of the dog, raise their fingers to their lips, and whisper “Shhhhh” in the direction of the hapless hound.
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Quirky
If you’re feeling iffy try the Liffey water – a miracle cure
The Moodie Blog is in Dublin on a short tour to investigate the travel retail opportunities here in the Irish capital and, from later today, in Limerick. Our tour just happens to coincide with the visit of the New Zealand All Blacks, who played Ireland on Saturday at the famous Croke Park and who take on
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Events
Disaster along the road to perdition
This Blog is a tale of fortitude, foolhardiness and frozen peas (above). And it had all been going so well… Saturday, November 8, London, 07.15 The big trial has arrived. My first attempt at 10k, exactly two weeks before the big Miles for Smiles fund-raising run in Dubai. If I can do it today, I can
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Events
And now, the end is near…
15 days to go till the big Miles for Smiles fund-raising 10k run in Dubai. It’s time to get serious. The training regime has been seriously disrupted by two weeks of travel – a week in Cannes followed by a quick flit to Asia to watch the mighty All Blacks beat the Aussies in Hong
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Miscellaneous
Taking the weight off your feet
The commercial team at the new Rajiv Gandhi International Airport near Hyderabad have come up with some pretty exciting innovations over the past few months since the greenfield site opened. But their latest service for passengers surely counts as a true world first. In order to relax the “mind, body and soul” before flying, the
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Events
A long black cloud arrives in Hong Kong (and over Australia)
From the south of France to the South China Sea – The Moodie Blog is on the move again. There’s not many things that will tear us away from the TFWA World Exhibition in Cannes before the show is over but a first-ever (non-World Cup) rugby international between the All Blacks and Australia on neutral turf