Category: Races

So. I did a thing. Amsterdam Marathon – CHECK!

After the DNF in Warsaw I immediately started to talking to my trainer about all the feels and what to do next. I was disappointed and I was mad. Mad at myself and mad at my body. Finally my foot felt OK enough to run and then something else happened! Frustrating doesn’t even slightly cover…

By Renée 29 October, 2018 Off

Liverpool Rock’n’Roll – Hello From the Other Side

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I realise it’s been FOREVER since I was in Liverpool last and I failed to share with you my experience at the 2016 Liverpool Rock’n’Roll Weekend. Now that I’m signed up again for the 5K and the Half, I was inspired again to write about it! Last May I had surgery on my foot to remove…

By Renée 15 March, 2017 Off

Guest Post: Louie Luc – Best Travel Tips for Marathon Runners

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A while back I had a chat with Luis “Louie Luc” Correia, after he posted a blog about “Top 30 Most Interesting Running Blogs” – I made a bit of a joke that he missed my blog on the list and we discovered we had a few things in common – Running of course and…

By Renée 3 August, 2016 Off

Lucky 7 – Things I love about Rock’n’Roll Races

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I’m sitting here in my post-op glory, and I’m channeling any negative thoughts and energy into things that make me smile and feel good. Even though I am missing out this year at Liverpool, I am so glad and grateful to be a Rock’n’Blogger again this year, because I truly do love the Rock’n’Roll marathon…

By Renée 9 May, 2016 Off

February Running

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February was kind of a beautiful disaster if you ask me. And you did silently ask, didn’t you? I mean basically I had to really hunker down and study my ass off for exams and had less time to train. That said I still managed to make it to the gym at least once a…

By Renée 5 March, 2016 Off

So much for regular blogging! (September Roundup)

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Hey! So… my intention to blog more regularly was strong but not strong enough! Lots going on, so I’ll try to recap a bit: School So, SURPRISE, school is pretty hard. I still don’t quite have my groove yet. I haven’t really been to school since I graduated from Portland Community College in May of…

By Renée 9 October, 2015 Off

RnR Chicago – My Kind of Town! My Kind of Race!

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You guys! I went to Chicago to run the Rock ‘n Roll 5K and Half Marathon! Once again a little disclaimer: this year I have been chosen as a member of the 2015 Rock’n’Blog team and as a member I receive free entry to the races I participate in. Everything else is my own cost…

By Renée 25 August, 2015 Off

Liverpool – Rock n Roll Marathon Day! (Part II)

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On Sunday we woke up early to hit the breakfast bar on time. It wasn’t totally ideal but we did our best with carbs (cereal, toast, danish) and sweet things like honey and jam. We also had our carb-loader drink and prepared another to take with us. Since we were VIP we weren’t too worried…

By Renée 6 July, 2015 Off

Rock n Roll Liverpool Marathon Weekend!

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Before I start off with what a FANTABULOUS weekend the Hubs and I had, I want to add this little, yet important, full disclosure: As part of the Rock ‘N’ Blog 2015 team I and the Hubs received free race entries & VIP experience. However all opinions regarding my experience are entirely my own. Phew.…

By Renée 29 June, 2015 Off

The Marathon Recap – Paris, the Big Day (Part II)

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After a fairly restful night’s sleep, the alarm woke us at 05:10 so that we could eat on time and meet up with the rest of the group around 6:30am < insert yawn here > to take the Metro towards the Arc du Triomphe. There were 6 of us running and coincidentally a pair of…

By Renée 9 June, 2015 Off

Hey! I’m Renée, 54 years old, a former fat girl who started running just to lose some weight and in the meantime found out that running changes pretty much everything. My favorite running partner, Ron (54), started running just to support me, but he found out he actually had a talent for it and consequently has run over 20 marathons in the span of 4 years 3 of them being World Majors.

This blog is about running, fitness, mental health, travel and weight loss. Sometimes a combination of all, sometimes not. And not always in that order.

Running and fitness keep me sane, travel is my passion.We live in the Netherlands – Mr Pie is Dutch and I am American and Dutch, now living here half my life.