WRD: Week 18 – Liberation
Tweet While the US is celebrating Cinco de Mayo, here in the Netherlands we have the Dodenherdenking (Remembrance of the Dead) and Bevrijdingsdag (Liberation Day). The Netherlands was under German occupation from 1940 – 1945 and, thanks to the allies – in particular the British, Canadian, Polish and American troops – every year we celebrate…
WRD: Week 17 -Kings & Queens
Tweet Well, really just one King (and one Queen). That is the King of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander. Every year we celebrate Kings Day (it used to be Queen’s Day until his mum retired) with a “free” market, lots of food and music festivals throughout the cities and villages. King’s day is the actual birthday of…
WRD: Week 15 – Good Intentions Sputter out
Tweet I immediately got this song in my head when I figured out what I wanted to use as the title of this week’s post. Other ideas had something to do with the roads and good intentions but my blog is filled with those types of posts! Hello Friends! Another week has gone by, in…
Weekly Run Down: Planned vs. Reality Recovery
Tweet What up my friends? Week 14 of 2019 is basically history and we are on to the next. It’s curious how so many of us can’t believe the speed at which our lives pass through each week and month and year, no? It seems to me that this speed means we are making the…
WRD:: Weeks 12 + 13
Tweet As you know or may have noticed, I missed the Weekly Run Down last week because I was in the process of moving my blog to a new host as well as updating the name of the url. So I’ll try to keep this short and sweet, which shouldn’t be too hard considering week…
WRD:: Week 11 — Getting Closer
Tweet This week has been cold, rainy, grey and dreary. I’ve tried to make the best of it. I’ve tried to not let it get me down. By Friday though, I’d seriously had enough of the rain and the wind. I’ve had to wear my rainsuit all week on the bike. Boo frickin’ hoo, right?…
WRD – Week 10 Game Over 10KM (for now)
Tweet Another week has come to a close and I wouldn’t say it was remarkable, but it was fine, it was good; we are getting closer and closer to official spring and closer to my surgery date! So without further ado: Monday – BodyPump Tuesday – RPM, shake-out run home with a couple of 100…
The Weekly Run Down – A New Link Up / Week 9
Tweet Super excited that Deborah and Kim are hosting a new weekly wrap thread, since the official Weekly Wrap closed it’s doors last week for good. Join us in the new Weekly Run Down! So what happened this week? This past week was much less as far as activity goes and that’s fine. This is…