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A Late February Wrap Up

12 March, 2017 RenéeMonthly Update4 Comments

I meant to wrap up much sooner than this but I’ve been incredibly busy. These were my goals in Feb: Diet, Health and Fitness Food – Log in MFP, strive for on target or a deficit each day – I did…

Hello 2017, You Sexy Beast

1 January, 20171 January, 2017 RenéeJust Life4 Comments

I’m so happy to start a new year! I know that we pretty much always have a new chance to start over but I really like the idea of just closing up another year chapter and moving on to the…

Friday Runner Spotlight #5 – Meet Shane!

12 August, 201611 August, 2016 RenéeFun Stuff, Run2 Comments

This week I’m happy to shine the spotlight on a male runner, and this one happens to be the boyfriend of one of my Fitbloggin friends, Monica! Shane started running for a lot of the same reasons that many of…

Friday Runner Spotlight #3 – Kimberly

20 May, 2016 RenéeFun Stuff, Run2 Comments

This week I want to introduce to you Kim. Kimberly G, otherwise know as the Kooky Runner! She started with a doable goal of being able to run a 5k and is now totally hooked on running and participating in…

Post-Op Update

14 May, 2016 RenéeBody, Run, school6 Comments

Yes!! 12 days Post-Op today! So far so good. The first day was actually odd since my foot still felt a bit numb, slightly tingly. The 2nd day was when the pain kicked in but all in all it wasn’t…

Friday Runner Spotlight #2 – Here’s Shannon!

13 May, 201613 May, 2016 RenéeFun Stuff, Run

This week I’d like to introduce you to Shannon! When did you start running? What was your goal at that time? I initially tried to get into running about 6 years ago. I had run some 5ks previous to that…

March is the Month I Hit Goal Again

28 February, 201528 February, 2015 RenéeExercise, Food, Fun Stuff, Just Life, Self, Weight Watchers3 Comments

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…

Week 4 Half Marathon Update

18 February, 201318 February, 2013 RenéeBody, Exercise, Mind, Self3 Comments

It was am incredibly stressful week last week. In my head I knew it would probably be like that, knowing that it was my last week before holiday (yay!) but I also knew I needed to go to the doctor…

Vacation Part II – Eat, drink, stay Healthy!

6 August, 2012 RenéeFood, Fun Stuff, Just Life7 Comments

OK we all know what it’s like… we go on vacation especially “back home” and there is SO MUCH good stuff to eat! Especially in New Mexico! I mean COME ON!! “Red or Green?” Let’s not forget all the places…

Three Years

6 March, 20127 March, 2012 RenéeBody, Fun Stuff, Just Life, Mind, Self3 Comments

Today is my wedding anniversary. Three years ago the hubs and I got married in Las Vegas with just a few people who were able to come and join us. We didn’t officially invite loads of people on purpose. We…

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.