True, the pioneer European urban trail
race is still experiencing some growing pains; however, the 2012 edition was
nevertheless a day to remember.
Tag - Lyon
Thursday 5 April 2012
Race Report: Lyon Urban Trail 2012
By Baron von Rupp on Thursday 5 April 2012, 23:00 - distance running
Friday 30 March 2012
Garbagescapes, Lyon 2012
By Baron von Rupp on Friday 30 March 2012, 10:38 - In the News
As the great Lyon garbage strike of 2012 reaches its endgame, I thought this
would be a nice time for a photographic review of the neighborhood during the
past few weeks.
Sunday 27 November 2011
NBA Likely to Save 2011/2012 Season: Confessions of a Pro-Lockout Sports Fan
By Baron von Rupp on Sunday 27 November 2011, 18:15 - In the News
It seems
that Tony Parker's tenure in ASVEL green will be sadly cut short.
Zut alors. For a few glorious weeks, it really looked like the
billionaire vs. millionaire pissing match that was the NBA lockout was going to
last the whole season. Would've served them right.
Would've served me right, too.
Saturday 8 October 2011
Road Race Report: Run In Lyon Half Marathon 2011
By Baron von Rupp on Saturday 8 October 2011, 17:20 - distance running
And you thought my August
thought of running the Run In Lyon half marathon was an
idle threat...
Monday 16 August 2010
Ode to August 15th (in France, anyway)
By Baron von Rupp on Monday 16 August 2010, 18:05 - Living in France (general)
In fact,
let's make it an ode to the entire month of August which, from the
getting-things-done angle, might as well not exist here. For most people,
August is a time to be Somewhere Else doing anything besides work; for those of
us employed by evil foreign companies that don't offer unending weeks of paid
vacation to their employees it's more like a month in a gloriously quiet city,
a ride through the trough of a sine wave that bottoms out on the fifteenth
before slowly climbing back up to normal urban life in September.
