Fun Stuff – Page 6 – Run. Laugh. Eat Pie.

That Obligatory Year End Post

5 January, 2014 RenéeFun Stuff, Just Life4 Comments

Ok maybe not obligatory, but all of the cool kids are doing it, so… 2013, what a year, eh? I started off being pretty excited about the Berlin Half Marathon – I was scared but felt like I was ready…

Lisbon Half Marathon T – 1 and Day of Recap

8 October, 20136 May, 2015 RenéeFun Stuff, Race Recap8 Comments

Day T – 1 Usually when you are on holiday in a place you’ve never (or, ok, in my case only twice very briefly) been, you try to get in as much as possible, right? Not us. We are probably…

Lisbon RnR Half Marathon: Day -2

4 October, 20136 May, 2015 RenéeFun Stuff, Just Life, Race Recap4 Comments

Greetings from Lisbon! This morning we got up at the crack before dawn to drive to Eindhoven to catch a flight. It was super smooth getting there, unlike the last time we travelled from Eindhoven (when we went to Lithuania…

Done. Onto the Next One.

2 October, 20136 May, 2015 RenéeExercise, Fun Stuff, Race Recap2 Comments

So Sunday… was the Posbankloop, which once again my husband kicked his PR’s ass. He’s such a rockstar! First of all, it’s a smaller race. Not sure how many participants but probably 5000 or less. It wasn’t very crowded at…

Epic.

28 September, 20136 May, 2015 RenéeExercise, Fun Stuff, Just Life, Race Recap4 Comments

I don’t know how else to describe this month. Mind you, Epic doesn’t necessary mean good. In my case it means a lot of different things. Good. Bad. Stressed. Busy. Exhausted. First of all, the work thing is just insane.…

What’s Happening?

7 September, 20136 May, 2015 RenéeBody, Exercise, Food, Fun Stuff, Just Life, Race Recap5 Comments

So, since I had a little whinge about my struggles, I’ve had a vacation, gotten my blood test results back, ran a 10 Miler and had a birthday so I thought I’d update just a wee bit. Running When I…

Sunday Run: aka My Husband is Awesome

15 July, 201315 July, 2013 RenéeExercise, Fun Stuff, Just Life4 Comments

I’ve been fairly down lately. Eating isn’t going well (uninspired. bored. meh.) Running isn’t going well (slow. heavy. no schedule) I have a lot of things on my mind, the usual combination of stuff – work, thoughts, life, etc. Ron’s…

Fitbloggin 2013: fears, beers and tears

5 July, 201314 July, 2013 RenéeFun Stuff, Just Life5 Comments

Follow my blog with Bloglovin I had another amazing experience again at Fitbloggin this year though I would say slightly different than last year. 1. My amazing friend Jill-ann graciously offered me air miles to get from Amsterdam to San…

Weddings, Road Trips and The Sickness

6 June, 2013 RenéeFun Stuff, Just Life4 Comments

Are you surprised yet that I haven’t blogged again for a little while? No? So the latest and greatest: My brother-in-law got married last Friday to his longterm girlfriend. Yay for weddings! The hubs and kids and I had the…

How do you move your behind?

29 May, 201329 May, 2013 RenéeExercise, Fun Stuff, Just Life5 Comments

I was thinking about this today on my walk around the block at the station. You see, (almost) every work day I arrive at my station in Amsterdam and I walk a kilometer around the block(s) because I have time…

Hey! I’m Renée, 55 years old; I started running just to lose some weight and in the meantime found out that running changes pretty much everything. My favorite running partner, Ron (56), started running just to support me, but he found out he actually had a talent for it and consequently has run over 28 marathons in the span of 6 years with 3 of them being World Majors.

This blog is about running, fitness, mental health, travel and, though I am trying to get out of diet mentality, I may still talk about weight/ 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 over half of my life.