So. I made it 48 days on my run streak. I decided yesterday to stop. Since last week, around Thursday or Friday, my right knee started hurting. Same kind of pain I had years ago with my left knee. Back…
Category: Self
Week 2: I suppose it can get better from here
Gah. Is it only the Week 2 recap? Feels like it’s been ages since the year started. It wasn’t the best week ever. Monday – my mother-in-law has been very ill so instead of going to Berlin, we stayed home…
February Running
February was kind of a beautiful disaster if you ask me. And you did silently ask, didn’t you? I mean basically I had to really hunker down and study my ass off for exams and had less time to train.…
Recap: Lisbon Rock ‘n Roll Marathon 2015
So, Lisbon! The Headliner of my Rock ‘n Roll tour this year. The one that earned me not only an amazing marathon bling but also the Groupie medal! Oh how I love RnR races. And no, not just because I’m…
Recap: Cologne Marathon 2015
So I think it’s fairly safe to say that training for Marathon Number Three was not optimal. I struggled sticking to the schedule and well there was summer holiday thrown in there and I was making excuses for drinking alcohol…
The Long Run – Mind games, loneliness and firing the voice in my head.
So as a crazy person who’s signed up for another TWO marathons, I’m just 5 weeks before my 1st of the two which means really stupid-long runs are on the schedule. Of course not as long as the stupid-long distance…
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…
2014: Time to Choose
So we are now a couple of weeks into 2014 and finally I have figured out how I want this year to be for me. A lot of people have goals or themes or a word that they’ve decided has…
Damage Control
In order to turn this bus around I decided this morning to get on the scale and face the music. It’s not all that bad but it’s not good either as it’s not really going in the right direction. As…