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Fit Five Friday – 5 Things I Loved About My First Marathon

16 April, 202116 April, 2021 RenéeFit Five Friday32 Comments

It’s that time of week again! Hopefully you’ve been enjoying this new link up with your FIVE amazing hosts – me, My First 5K and More, Running With Attitude, Runs with Pugs, and Zenaida! ! Feel free to join in on the fun! Five Things I…

The Marathon Recap – Paris, the Big Day (Part II)

9 June, 20159 June, 2015 RenéeRace Recap, Races2 Comments

After a fairly restful night’s sleep, the alarm woke us at 05:10 so that we could eat on time and meet up with the rest of the group around 6:30am < insert yawn here > to take the Metro towards…

The Marathon Recap – Paris Edition! Part 1

5 May, 20156 May, 2015 RenéeFun Stuff, Race Recap5 Comments

I know a few weeks have passed now but honestly it’s been tough to actually put the feelings into words for my first marathon. When I initially started training I did have a time in mind for my finish. At…

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.