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Friday Five – 5 Things I’m still learning from Marathon Training

31 March, 201731 March, 2017 RenéeFriday Five, Fun Stuff20 Comments

It’s that time again. Though I haven’t consistently done Friday Five, I love the concept and since I’m slowing (after 8 years hahaha) figuring out a better way to blog, there will eventually be more of these…

Stages of Grief When Faced with Not Running

19 January, 2017 RenéeRun, Self6 Comments

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…

Week 12 – #roadtoberlin Update

29 August, 201629 August, 2016 RenéeRun, Training10 Comments

The week I was going to change my attitude. And mostly, I’d say that happened. So, SUCCESS! However, sometimes things don’t always go to plan and you really have to look at things in retrospect and accept your situation. My…

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.