Lisbon – Run. Laugh. Eat Pie.

Recap: Lisbon Rock ‘n Roll Marathon 2015

29 December, 2015 RenéeFun Stuff, Race Recap, Self4 Comments

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…

Lisbon Half Marathon T – 1 and Day of Recap

8 October, 20136 May, 2015 RenéeFun Stuff, Race Recap8 Comments

Day T – 1 Usually when you are on holiday in a place you’ve never (or, ok, in my case only twice very briefly) been, you try to get in as much as possible, right? Not us. We are probably…

Lisbon RnR Half Marathon: Day -2

4 October, 20136 May, 2015 RenéeFun Stuff, Just Life, Race Recap4 Comments

Greetings from Lisbon! This morning we got up at the crack before dawn to drive to Eindhoven to catch a flight. It was super smooth getting there, unlike the last time we travelled from Eindhoven (when we went to Lithuania…

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.