When you sign up for a marathon, your first reaction is probably excitement, fear and shock all in one go. Oh, and then you will suddenly question your mental health. A whole marathon??? Once you start your training, you’ll get…
Category: Just Life
March update (yes, mostway through April)
Wow, I’m great at this blogging thing, eh? Honestly I do not know how people are able to post weekly let alone daily! Anyhooters – March Update! Tons of running – 205 KM’s! TWO HUNDRED AND FIVE. that’s insane! Back…
March is the Month I Hit Goal Again
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…
The ups & downs of marathon training
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…
Hello, friends, it’s been a while…
Good grief, I can’t believe it’s been so long since I posted. That was totally unintentional. For real. Lots has happened and that is one of the reasons it’s been difficult to sit down and write. All the good things…
Big Things, Little Things
The last 10+ days have been full of big and little things. I believe we should celebrate as much as possible to keep things in perspective. This is a particularly hard lesson for me when it comes to work, but…
What I’ve Gotten Out of Joining a Running Club
While I know there are tons of articles out there about the benefits of joining a running group or club I just wanted to share with you my own personal experience. One thing I wanted for a really long time…
Numbers
Good Lord I can’t believe I haven’t posted since July. What a slacker! Here’s what’s happened: Days since I last posted: 103 Kilometers run: 463 Calories burned running: 29,198 Races participated in: 6 Races I ran two different distances the…
Four Hundred Percent
So, I discovered the whole secret to weight loss! Seriously! I shouldn’t share it with you, in fact I should CHARGE you to read this but because I’m such a nice person, I’m going to just come right out with…
A-MAY-zing May (see what I did there?)
Yeah, Yeah I KNOW it’s the middle of June now. So let me tell you a little something about when you suddenly have a lot of time. Actually, you don’t quite know what to do with yourself! Hence the silence.…