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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;akeady, post: 2636011, member: 83175&quot;]I have lots of hobbies too - astronomy (a Celestar 8 on an AS-GT mount and an ED-80, neither has been outside in ages), computers, electronics (4 Raspberry Pi boards, a couple of Arduinos, a BananaPi, several FPGA boards, etc., many half-built projects - you get the picture!), tropical fish (some of these must be quite resilient as they have survived for years), running.&nbsp;&nbsp; A few people have mentioned running and I really do enjoy the buzz from it.&nbsp;&nbsp; I started in September 2007 (I was 39 then) when, on a night out with some friends someone said &quot;We should enter the marathon!&quot; and it was a &quot;Eureka!&quot; moment for me.&nbsp;&nbsp; The marathon was at the end of October and I was totally unfit, but managed to get around, in an obviously very slow time.&nbsp;&nbsp; My friends made the mistake of trying to get in some practice and realised immediately that it was going to be a big undertaking and didn&#039;t enter.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve done the last 10 Dublin marathons now and improved every year until 2012 (4.03 - the sub-4 got away in a portaloo around mile 20 - 2 minutes stopped. but the real problem was that I couldn&#039;t get back to the pace I&#039;d been making).&nbsp;&nbsp; Since then, I&#039;ve slipped a bit due to lack of training, but maybe this year will be my year.&nbsp;&nbsp; Next run is a 10 mile next Sunday, then a half marathon in March and so on <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp;&nbsp; I do regret not starting running a bit when younger, but it&#039;s never too late to start - we&#039;ll have the coins for when we can&#039;t run.</p><p><br /></p><p>ATB,</p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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