Category: Self

Stages of Grief When Faced with Not Running

So. I made it 48 days on my run streak. I decided yesterday to stop. Since last week, around Thursday or Friday, my right knee started hurting. Same kind of pain I had years ago with my left knee. Back then I was out of the running for 5 months. 5 MONTHS. I can’t be…

By Renée 19 January, 2017 Off

Week 2: I suppose it can get better from here

Just Life Run Self Training

Gah. Is it only the Week 2 recap? Feels like it’s been ages since the year started. It wasn’t the best week ever. Monday – my mother-in-law has been very ill so instead of going to Berlin, we stayed home instead, still taking the days off of work so that we could easily go to…

By Renée 17 January, 2017 Off

February Running

Fun Stuff Just Life Races Self

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

Recap: Lisbon Rock ‘n Roll Marathon 2015

Fun Stuff Race Recap Self

So, Lisbon! The Headliner of my Rock ‘n Roll tour this year. The one that earned me not only an amazing marathon bling but also the Groupie medal! Oh how I love RnR races. And no, not just because I’m a rock’n blogger, I truly, truly dig the whole organisation! With that… the recap: Ugh,…

By Renée 29 December, 2015 Off

Recap: Cologne Marathon 2015

Race Recap Self

So I think it’s fairly safe to say that training for Marathon Number Three was not optimal. I struggled sticking to the schedule and well there was summer holiday thrown in there and I was making excuses for drinking alcohol (something I gave up for Paris) and not sticking 100% to my diet. My last…

By Renée 7 November, 2015 Off

The Long Run – Mind games, loneliness and firing the voice in my head.

Mind Self Training

So as a crazy person who’s signed up for another TWO marathons, I’m just 5 weeks before my 1st of the two which means really stupid-long runs are on the schedule. Of course not as long as the stupid-long distance of the marathon itself and not as long as something really insane like an ultra.…

By Renée 30 August, 2015 Off

March is the Month I Hit Goal Again

Exercise Food Fun Stuff Just Life Self Weight Watchers

Sometime right before I started marathon training, I decided I really wanted to get back to my WW goal of 70KG. At that time it was something like 6 or 7 KG to lose and if I would be really serious about my training and my food, it should be possible to do that by…

By Renée 28 February, 2015 Off

The ups & downs of marathon training

Body Just Life Mind Self

It’s week 10 and to be perfectly honest, the last few weeks of training hasn’t been going that well. at least as far as following the schedule goes anyway! And already I’m starting this week with skipping today’s workout. I’m going to rectify that by leaving work at 3pm tomorrow to do my intervals and…

By Renée 24 February, 2015 Off

2014: Time to Choose

Body epiphany Mind Self

So we are now a couple of weeks into 2014 and finally I have figured out how I want this year to be for me. A lot of people have goals or themes or a word that they’ve decided has meaning to them. I often have had words that I’ve used to get me through…

By Renée 11 January, 2014 Off

Damage Control

Food Just Life Mind Self

In order to turn this bus around I decided this morning to get on the scale and face the music. It’s not all that bad but it’s not good either as it’s not really going in the right direction. As you know I tend to hover around 80 KG give or take one or two…

By Renée 11 November, 2013 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.