I am not an athlete, but I have run in about 15 5k races, as well as one half-marathon, cycled in an indoor spin event, and completed two sprint triathlons (and am registered for a third).
There was a marathon Shakespeare cycle at Shakespeare's Globe, and a huge new work by Ariane Mnouchkine's troupe Théâtre du Soleil in Edinburgh.
The marathon Mahler cycle, given first in Los Angeles in January and early February, began here on Feb. 7, with four concerts by the Bolívars, as they are known, to be followed with four by the Philharmonic, which arrived on Friday.
A gruelling marathon and cycle ride through Switzerland's mountains is not the average way to celebrate your 61st birthday.
Lastly, another televisual outing for the mother of the arts: on 15 August, Sky Arts will kick off its architecture season with How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster?, the impressive story of a septuagenarian cancer survivor who manages to take part in ski marathons and cycle races, while also designing buildings and cities according to principles that might possibly save the world.
(Midgette) Classical Music ALEXANDER STRING QUARTET (Tuesday and Wednesday) With lots of Beethoven under its collective belt, this San Francisco-based ensemble is no stranger to marathon performance cycles, and this coming week, it begins another lightning traversal, this time of Shostakovich's 15 string quartets.
The Cypriot won only one of the first eight points, appearing flat and listless - never good things to be against the Spaniard who could probably run a couple of marathons and cycle up L'Alpe D'Huez before a match without being physically inconvenienced.
She ran seven marathons and cycled across multiple countries, raising thousands of pounds for charity.
Her greatest sporting achievement was the Ironman in 2004, which included a marathon, 12-mile cycle ride and 2.4-mile swim, all completed inside 17 hours.
That beats the old women's mark of 8 54 02 for the 3.8km swim, 180km cycle and marathon event at Kona on the Big Island.
