Summer is well and truly here (for The Netherlands; don’t even talk to me about all the rain we are having) and I have to say I had such a good month – though very busy learning my new job, hence not being able to post weekly.

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Ultimate Coffee Date – August 2024 Edition

If y’all can just pass the ice bucket, I’ll be adding as much ice as possible to all my coffee drinks while we chat…

If we were having coffee

I’d catch up with you on a couple of things –

Activities in July:

Drumroll please… ALL of my running activities in July were in THE MORNING! Mostly between 6-7am, a couple at 5:30, a parkrun and a Sunday run at 9:30 (trust me, that’s early for me). So, thanks to everyone who was cheering me on to make it a habit, I think we can call this a success!

Gym fell behind a bit, pretty much because of my new job and having running be the priority. Walking is down a tiny bit but still more than the 1km per day that I’ve committed to doing and biking is way up since I’m now commuting by bike to work. All in all a great active month for me. How was your July?

Speaking of my new job:

It’s going really well. And I’ve gotten the feedback that everyone is happy with me and I’m a perfect fit to the team. You all have no idea how happy I am right now! I’ve gotten through my first month, have a two month probation period but have been told that they are already happy to report back that they would like me to stay on if I want to. Do I, heck???? Yes, I do. So, folks, it’s official, I have a permanent contract and no need to wait until day 59 to decide if we want to continue with each other. I’m in!!

Heading to Paris for the Olympics

While it would have been great to get tickets so some of the athletics events (or any events for that matter) the prices were all a bit too much for us. BUT our former neighbor (who moved down the street now) Anne qualified for the Olympic marathon back in September last year (maybe you remember me talking about it) and now it’s her time to shine! We will be going down to Paris next Friday, Saturday is the men’s marathon in the morning and Sunday is Anne’s big moment in the women’s marathon. We’ll be on the course at 10KM at +/- 36KM cheering her on. I’m probably going to bawl my head off when I see her!!

We do have tickets for Saturday’s events at the Urban Project, so that’s at least something. We are just so, so excited to be there during the games!

Upcoming races

Somehow I got talked into doing the Zevenheuvelenloop in November again. I’ve done this race many times now (6 I think?) and last year I did the evening version the night before which was really fun (and half the distance). I was not planning on doing it! But… a bunch of us parkrunners decided to sign up so here I am.

My training for the Málaga Half starts end of this month so I’ll also do the Airborne run here in Arnhem in September. I just need to decide distance and then sign up.

What would you share with me over coffee? I’d love to catch up with you!

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