Running Archives - Katherine Dolan Writes

The Brooklyn Greenway

Americas June 14, 2021

If you're ever in Brooklyn, why not take the Greenway? You can bike, walk, roll or run along the coast from Newtown Creek (opposite...

Rounding the Ards Peninsula

Running November 4, 2020

This week we moved to an apartment by the sea in Bangor, Northern Ireland (i.e. not Wales or Maine). The first thing we noticed...

All Toes on the Towpath

History September 4, 2020

Belfast is a surprisingly wonderful city for running, with no shortage of greenways, parks and riverbank trails. My favorite place for long weekend runs...

MaxPhht Bangkok

Asia February 24, 2021

When we arrived in Bangkok, the first thing I noticed was that it would not be practical to run outside. The sky was a...

Trying the Very Trying Trail Vallee de Joux

Running October 14, 2019

This Saturday I was in Le Sentier to pick up my bib for my first ultramarathon, the Trail Vallee de Joux (85km). As John...

Jolly Shoes and Tiramisu

Italy September 25, 2019

The other day I had to make a trip to Jolly Sports Shop. I have a scary race coming up and needed new running...

The Trials of Trail 27

Italy September 18, 2019

Sunday is my ‘long-run day’, and when in Turin, it’s the day I go up and over the one big hill close to the...

Lost Cats and State Secrets in Vermont

Americas February 24, 2021

“But…we’re in the middle of nowhere!” It was not the first time John had said those words nor would it be the last. The bus...

Upstate Idyll

Americas August 20, 2019

For the past few days we’ve been staying at a farmhouse in Upstate New York near Lake Ontario. It’s green, humid and hot, surrounded...

Patagonia Ran

Americas April 16, 2019

This year was the tenth edition of Patagonia Run and since I was in Argentina and interested in running somewhere beautiful, I decided to...

Patagonia Pre-Race Burble

Americas April 13, 2019

Wednesday It was time to leave Bueños Aires for the mountains and Patagonia Run 2019. After an hour-long taxi ride and a two-hour wait at...

Every Little Spludge of My Heart

Americas April 10, 2019

As soon as we arrived in Argentina I signed up for Patagonia Run 2019, a marathon in the near San Martín de Las Andes...

Running

Portal to Ur

The Other Gallipoli

Beach Walk

Tolkien in Italy