Beautiful city trails and mountain air fuelled by Swiss chocolate - what could be better for a weekend of running? As always, share your own stories below the line
The best place to spend a scorching hot weekend is surely by water - nothing beats jumping into a cold, clear pool, lake or sea after a boiling run. And when that run is around the shores of Lake Geneva, and the water is cool, clear and inviting - well, who could resist? I spent the weekend running, walking, and eating (not necessarily in that order of quantity) in the beautiful Swiss city.
On Saturday, we went for a run with former UTMB winner Dawa Sherpa, who lives in Geneva - when he’s not paying for and building social housing for people who desperately need it back in Nepal. Within minutes of leaving the city centre, we were on shady trails - Dawa is definitely a man who won’t set foot on tarmac if there’s so much as 10m of trail you could run instead. We ran to the Jonction, where the Rhône and the Avre meet in a magical mingling of colours. Then along the Avre all the way to Mont Salève. At which point I took the cable car up, while my distinctly more hardcore travelling companion Susie Chan went up on foot with Dawa. Really need to get myself some friends who regard 5k as a sensible distance and don’t run 100 miles through Florida for fun ...
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