Running with a pineapple balanced on your head

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One Wise Owl's marathon: a pineapple, some stripes and those wretched beeps Part five of a six-part series of blogs
Wise Owl co-founder Jenny gives her unique insights into the pain and pleasure of running her first marathon (and in a foreign country to boot). One Wise Owl's marathon: a pineapple, some stripes and those wretched beeps A digression: some interesting info about the London Marathon The training leading up to the big day The great day itself Running with a pineapple balanced on your head (this blog) Two weeks have passed - would I do it again?

One Wise Owl's marathon: a pineapple, some stripes and those wretched beeps

Part five of a six-part series of blogs

Wise Owl co-founder Jenny gives her unique insights into the pain and pleasure of running her first marathon (and in a foreign country to boot).

One Wise Owl's marathon: a pineapple, some stripes and those wretched beeps
A digression: some interesting info about the London Marathon
The training leading up to the big day
The great day itself
Running with a pineapple balanced on your head (this blog)
Two weeks have passed - would I do it again?

Posted by Jenny Brown on 06 November 2025

And finally the pineapple, I know you’ve been thinking you've been conned, as this blog hasn't mentioned pineapples once. Well, meet Mr Pineapple who goes around the world running marathons, with a flippin’ pineapple balanced on his head:

Moshe Lederfien's Instagram page is here if you’re interested.

Moshe was at the Amsterdam marathon (putting in a pretty decent time for someone with a pineapple on their head). And it’s not glued on or held on with anything ...

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One Wise Owl's marathon: a pineapple, some stripes and those wretched beeps A digression: some interesting info about the London Marathon The training leading up to the big day The great day itself Running with a pineapple balanced on your head (this blog) Two weeks have passed - would I do it again?