Just Life – Page 9 – Run. Laugh. Eat Pie.

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…

In a Nutshell

13 May, 20136 May, 2015 RenéeJust Life, Race Recap13 Comments

So after Berlin I had a few days of “normal life” then I was off to Rwanda. What an amazing experience that was. I started writing about it and then I realised that: 1) I was really hard to put…

I needed a break

12 May, 201312 May, 2013 RenéeJust Life2 Comments

Source: atfirstblush.onsugar.com via Rachel on Pinterest After Berlin, then Rwanda, my head was full. I needed a break. From everything. I’ve been on auto-pilot the last several weeks. I’ll be up and running (literally) again soon. Thanks for sticking with…

I love Numbers – (week) 9, 12(K), 14 (days to Berlin)

24 March, 2013 RenéeFun Stuff, Just Life, Self4 Comments

As you know I started Week 9 with an 18.5KM run. 18.5 people. That’s 2.6 KM from the total Half Marathon. It could have been better. It was fine. 2:11, right? That’s ok. But I learned a few things: 1)…

Week 7 and 8, Good and Bad + a 10KM Race

17 March, 20138 November, 2015 RenéeExercise, Fun Stuff, Just Life, Race Recap8 Comments

Yes, again behind on posting. Well you should know by now how it goes with me. Sometimes I can get in a few times a week, sometimes once a month. It’s tough sometimes to make the time. Anywhoo. TWO full…

Even the Blog has Jetlag

3 March, 2013 RenéeExercise, Just Life4 Comments

I did not mean to take so long to update! As you (may or may not) know, last week I returned from visiting my family in Albuquerque. It was a good visit but also a little bit heartbreaking. That sounds…

Friend Makin Mondays::Personal Quirks and Habits

11 February, 2013 RenéeFun Stuff, Just Life1 Comment

As you know Every Monday My Girl Kenlie posts a FMM – this is meant to interact with other bloggers, link up and get to know each other a bit better. If you’ve previously taken part you know the rules.…

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.