Category Archives: Marathon

A flying visit to the Toronto Spring Tango Marathon

The Grand Milonga of the Toronto Spring Tango Marathon demonstrated the restorative power of tango!

It was only the third time I’d danced this year, and I wasn’t sure how it was going to go given the pain I’ve been experiencing – but as it turned out, I danced almost non-stop for four hours and had an absolutely wonderful time …

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Warm Embraces and very happily tired feet at my first encuentro, in Antwerp

This was a triple-first for me: my first tango weekender outside of the UK; my first marathon (unless you count a typical day in BsAs, of course); and more specifically, my first encuentro.

Actually, there was one more first: not staying until the end on any of the three evenings! This is totally unprecedented, and was, fortunately, for the best of reasons – I was just danced out on all three days …

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