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trevor.george (67)in #sports • 5 years ago
A date with Death
Last weekend I attempted the Tip Track Marathon again - 6 laps up and down one of the hardest, most notorious tracks in Wellington. Last year I managed 3 laps before my body…
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trevor.george (67)in #photography • 5 years ago
The path to...
This path leads deep into the wilderness on Mt. Athos, Greece. It's old, very old. This path was probably laid down before European explorers found my homeland of New…
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trevor.george (67)in #travel • 5 years ago
Cliff-top monastery
The hanging monasteries of Meteora are really something to see, especially at dawn as the sun catches with cliff-tops and paints them all sorts of vivid colours. We arrived…
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trevor.george (67)in #twitter • 5 years ago
Well that's random...
I just went to tweet my last post, only to find my Twitter account has been suspended. No notification from them about it, nothing. I haven't tweeted anything in ages - like my…
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trevor.george (67)in #travel • 5 years ago
Sunset in Chania
You don't get many sunsets like this. We were out for dinner at a local restaurant in the hills above the Greek city of Chania on the island of Crete and I couldn't resist taking…
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trevor.george (67)in #travel • 5 years ago
Hiking the Samaria Gorge in Crete
One of the big bucket list of things to do while on Crete is to walk the Samaria Gorge. At 16kms long it is Europe’s longest gorge and filled with history and scenic beauty. My…
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trevor.george (67)in #sports • 5 years ago
How’s that for a milestone?
It’s taken a while – just over one year and a month, but I finally clocked up 2500kms in my road shoes. That’s a pretty good milestone I think. Add in the 200kms I’ve done…
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trevor.george (67)in #travel • 5 years ago
Snorkelling with Captain Nick
While in Chania we went on a day excursion to a couple of small islands just off the coast of Crete. Captain Nick runs a boat tour that is fun and informative. His boat has a…
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trevor.george (67)in #photography • 5 years ago
White mountains in Crete
This was taken at the start of the Samaria Gorge walk - 16kms through the longest gorge in Europe. It is a beautiful place and filled with history. This is where the…
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trevor.george (67)in #sports • 5 years ago
Things went really well in my last two races, why, what did I do differently?
If you have been following me for a while you’ll know that my two main races for the year – the Wellington Marathon and the WUU2K ultra marathon, are typically slog fests that…
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trevor.george (67)in #travel • 5 years ago
Elefonisi Beach - where the sand is pink
A special place on Crete is Elefonisi Beach. This is a very popular place with tourists and locals. It's a safe beach for kids and there is lots to do. But the main…
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trevor.george (67)in #travel • 5 years ago
The Venetian Lighthouse in Chania, Crete
We got up early, caught a taxi down to the waterfront and watched the sun rise over the harbour. Here is a shot I got of the lighthouse. I took plenty more shots of this…
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trevor.george (67)in #travel • 5 years ago
What I did on my summer holidays
Well ok, it wasn’t summer in New Zealand, but it was summer in Greece, and that’s where I went. So I guess that counts. After seven years of marriage I had finally saved up…
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trevor.george (67)in #tribes • 5 years ago
What’s this all about then?
As you may know, I’ve been away from Steemit for a while due to work and training commitments, and then a honeymoon. A lot has happened in that time by the looks of it.…
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trevor.george (67)in #sports • 5 years ago
To finish in daylight
“To finish in daylight” - it seems like a very simple and easy goal. After all, I only had to run slightly faster than last year to make it happen. But if I’ve learned one thing…
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trevor.george (67)in #steemit • 5 years ago
Hello Steemit, I'm back, sort of
It's been over four months since I posted here, not for any complaint with the platform, but because I was working two jobs and training for an ultra marathon while my wife was…
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trevor.george (67)in #travel • 5 years ago
She’s finally done it, my wife has left me and gone back to her mother
She’s been talking about doing it on and off for ages. But now it has become a reality. I’m here in an empty house all alone, by myself, with no adult supervision. image…
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trevor.george (67)in #running • 5 years ago
Running into the sunset – week seven
This week saw the first week of extended hill climbs, and it was hard. If you recall, the previous week, I’d been doing hill repeats on a 1km hill climb, and I’d worked it up to…
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trevor.george (67)in #christchurch • 5 years ago
My thoughts on the events in Christchurch on Friday
I don’t want to be writing this post. I’d much rather be writing about anything else. But I have to put my thoughts down to get them out of my head, so I can move on. image…
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trevor.george (67)in #running • 5 years ago
Week six is over already. It started well…
This week I raised the number of repetitions up the Brooklyn Hill to five – that’s 5kms of uphill running, plus another 1km uphill to do once that is completed, to get home.…
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