by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Oct 1, 2024 | General
How do I know I gave everything? I collapsed at the finish! The 50th BMW Berlin marathon last weekend was my 1st marathon medical tent encounter (collapsing at the finish and helped by 2 other runners😳), 2nd destination race after Paris last spring and 16th marathon....
by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Oct 1, 2024 | General
The 50th BMW Berlin marathon was held on Sunday, the 29th of September 2024. To mark its big 50, the organisers wanted over 58,000 runners, allowing for some runners to DNF (Did Not Finish). The idea was to end up with at least fifty thousand finishers. In the end...
by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Jul 2, 2024 | General
I had the pleasure of speaking at the Africa Business Summit hosted by the Africa Club at the London Business School on the 29th of June. The Energy Panel discussed ‘Reframing the natural resource curse: Africa as an exporter of sustainable energy resources’. A...
by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Jun 16, 2024 | General
I’d shared this piece with my father a few weeks ago, informing him of my intention to post it as a Father’s Day tribute, and when he said he was delighted with it, I was over the moon! It is important to appreciate what you’ve got while you have it...
by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Apr 23, 2024 | General, News
In the so-called ‘forgotten war’ in Sudan over 14,000 civilians have been killed since its onset a year ago. In what the United Nations describes as a crisis of epic proportions, there are reports of widespread atrocities, including the use of sexual violence as a...
by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Apr 11, 2024 | General
The 9th ABP Southampton Marathon was held on Sunday, the 7th of April.  It would be my 15th marathon and I approached it as a ‘low stakes’ race with goals no loftier than finishing injury free and having fun. Weather forecast, which had been changeable in the lead...
