Just another week in Dubai...

I'm not sure if anyone is following this at all, but Blind Dave was in Dubai this weekend. Blind Dave is this man who is running seven marathons in seven days on seven continents, number 5 was in Dubai at Safa Park. Our running club went out to support him and run with him on Friday morning. We had a laugh because we were talking about how it would be so boring to run 26.2 miles around Safa Park till we realized, he's blind it's not like the scenery really matters... I met a girlfriend of mine to do a loop before we ran with him and then when we got back to Safa, I said I was done for the day we had already run 16 or 17 kilometers and it was ridiculously hot, but I wanted to wait and see Blind Dave run by. So we sat down and were talking while we waited. When they ran by we were convinced to do a lap with him, I was tired, but really, if this guy is blind, running his 5th marathon in 5 days I can probably pull it together long enough to run one more lap at Safa...


We went out for yet another Friday Brunch... I really cannot understand how all you can eat/drink has become part of a normal routine here. Probably similar to how Jacob's Creek wine has become a luxury item. Seriously? It was Syma's birthday so about 20 of us headed to Long's Bar around 12:00, stayed till around 4:00, then hopped in taxi's and went to Barasti where we lounged around the pool and I decided it was a reasonable option to drink Coronas because I just love my beer. Every time I go to Barasti I think to myself, don't fall in the pool. When have I EVER fallen into a pool and why am I so convinced it's going to happen there? We stayed out way too late and I spent much of Saturday laying around my apartment, I did get up long enough to go out to lunch with a friend from work and I also managed to go for a Thai massage....