Marathon, babies, marathon.
Running marathons, academic conferences, pet adoption fairs, film productions and jazz concerts have all been canceled or postponed.
Their friendship became a romance, highlighted by trips overseas to his academic conferences, running half-marathons and furniture shopping.
"When I was a student, I assumed that my work was meticulously checked and appraised, with the due consideration it deserved, by erudite scholars who perhaps wore tweed," said an anonymous academic, in the middle of a marking marathon.
It brings not only a series of talks and workshops for the industry, but also an academic workshop, an executive summit, and a marathon with training courses to disseminate knowledge on agile methods.
It was a close call between academic interest and musical pleasure throughout this Weber marathon, a rare chance to hear the development of his attempts to drag German singspiel into the 19th century.
London South Bank University (LSBU) launched a 36-hour round-the-clock clearing marathon, staffed by 120 phone operators and academics, to capture the maximum number of potential students.
Most of the city's exhibition spaces will be used for the festival, including the Reykjavik Art Museum, where the Experiment Marathon, a laboratory in which artists, architects, filmmakers, academics and scientists will create a series of installations, screenings and performances.
There were all-night therapy and role-reversal sessions, marathon Friday night dinners hosted by Laing and visits from mystics, academics and celebrities, including, famously, Sean Connery, a friend and admirer of Laing's.
