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WRD: Week 15:2021 Going with the Flow once again

18 April, 202118 April, 2021 RenéeWeekly Run Down30 Comments

This week felt kind of long. Busy at work, and having to change my routine ever so slightly always makes me feel slightly unbalanced. I like being spontaneous, but only to a certain degree! Ha! This week was also my…

WRD: Week 10:2021 Psycho Weather qu’est-ce que c’est?

14 March, 202114 March, 2021 RenéeWeekly Run Down17 Comments

So yeah. What about that nice spring weather we had a couple of weeks ago? That was a fluke. Or maybe I’m just remembering the season incorrectly. We are in full-on psycho weather mode here in The Netherlands. Several times…

Jumping back into the blog

4 May, 20204 May, 2020 RenéeCatching Up, Monthly Update, Weekly Run Down28 Comments

It’s been about a month and a half since I last wrote and that was at the beginning of the lockdown here in the Netherlands. Admittedly the first several weeks were really hard, mentally; I just was consumed with the…

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.