It's not often that the worlds of SF and running combine, but they did on Saturday. Our dear friends John and Yvonne Meaney were in the area for a half-marathon Yvonne was doing in the morning. I was Run Director for my local parkrun, so once I'd finished the results processing, we were able to meet the Meaneys for a pleasant few hours of catching-up. Like me, John got his start in Interzone, with a bunch of stylish stories in the early nineties that paved the way for his first novel, TO HOLD INFINITY, and a string of dazzling follow-ups. John has diversified into many different sub-genres of SF&F since then, so check out where he's at right now by visiting his website:
https://www.johnmeaney.com/index.html
John's a really interesting guy, a martial-arts expert, computer trainer and a great natural story-teller with a delicious twinkle in his eye. Yvonne is a running machine who was doing another half-marathon on Sunday. Obviously one half-marathon per weekend isn't enough for some people!
After we'd said goodbye to John and Yvonne I did my Saturday stint on the treadmill:
And followed it up with a 5K road-run on Sunday, during one of the lulls as the storm passed through.
My total for January is now 133 km.
There are still a few days remaining of my RED January challenge in aid of the mental health charity Mind over Mountains. Thank you all who have supported me so far.
Warm wishes,
Al R
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