April 2023 – what???
Welcome to this week’s Fit Five Friday – it’s the first Friday of the month and you know what that means…
ULTIMATE COFFEE DATE! *cue celebrations*
WELOME to Fit Five Friday with with your FIVE amazing hosts – me, My First 5K and More, Running With Attitude, Runs with Pugs, Zenaida ! Feel free to join in on the fun! And head over here to join the Ultimate Coffee Date with other amazing, supportive and friendly bloggers.
My flat white is ready to drink, what are you having?
If we were having coffee
I’d ask you how March was for you? Did you achieve what you set out to do? What would you say your fitness highlight was?
I’d tell you that I’m still on my walk streak and am definitely achieving minimum 1KM per day. In fact, in March I walked exactly 100KM. It did help that I was on vacation for a week in Malaga since we pretty much walked everywhere and I made sure to record a good chunk of it.
I’d also tell you that I ran 25 kilometers, one of the 5KM sessions being a parkrun in Almere.
It does feel like it’s getting better, but at the same time I still find it pretty hard on some of these runs. I know I have to be patient and just do what I can. That is enough.
If we were having coffee
I’d ask you what your favourite running shoe is currently?
I’d tell you that all y’all Brooks Happy people, plus Brooks being a sponsor of parkrun has got me in a new pair of Glycerin 20’s. I was pretty nervous to buy them because of my messed up feet and the high price tag. But I’m glad I got them! I’m enjoying them so far!
If we were having coffee
I’d ask you how work is going for you?
I’d tell you that work is still challenging but at least the bully is no longer bullying me. I guess when you are sat down with the Operations VP who tells you that your behaviour 100% won’t be tolerated, you listen. At least for now. I’m cautiously optimistic. My office days have changed to Tuesdays and for now that is the only day I have to go in. It’s getting somewhat easier but I’m still kind of trashed after such a long day (I get up at 4:45 and am home at 7pm…). I can honestly say I had no idea it would take so long to get used to this new situation.
At least Amsterdam is pleasant early in the morning with a blue sky and no tourists smoking dope on the street – ha! (seriously, this is what it’s like going HOME, they are just sitting there on benches, smoking weed. Which is fine except it STINKS).
If we were having coffee
I’d ask you when your favourite time of day is to work out?
I really got used to and was enjoying the lunch workouts once we were stuck at home in 2020. I have tried to be a morning workout person and it’s just not happening right now. But I only have a half an hour for lunch which is barely enough time for a walk. However, I had a big win this week; I just point blank asked my colleagues in a team meeting if I could have an hour on Mondays and Fridays and I would be happy to start work a half an hour earlier those days. They all said it was fine. In fact, Lunch Workouts at the Pie Gym have officially re-commenced!
If we were having coffee
I would ask you, is your weather looking up and have you got any immediate outdoor plans (besides the usual?)
I’m seriously doing the better weather dance to the Universe over here so we can get back on our bikes. I’ve already found a route that I want to do through Utrecht up to Amersfoort (think middle of the country so not Amsterdam and not Arnhem where I live, but smack in the middle). Recently I went to the Art Museum in Den Haag where I was inspired yet again by artists and architects of the De Stijl movement. In the area of Utrecht and Amersfoort there are many designs, sculptures and buildings to see. If you don’t know about De Stijl, but you know about Frank Lloyd Wright, then you know where his inspiration came from (The most well known artists from De Stijl are Piet Mondriaan and Theo van Doesburg). Maybe it’s a bit nerdy to combine art and fitness but why not?
And yes, I’m still wearing this scarf…
What would you tell me over coffee?
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