update – Page 7 – Run. Laugh. Eat Pie.

What’s New Pussycats? Part I

17 May, 2011 RenéeFun Stuff

I’ve been incredibly busy lately. Rushing around all over the place. My parents were here for a day, as I mentioned in my last post. They went on to Denmark and flew to Luxembourg as my stepmom’s best friend from…

Changes

10 May, 2011 RenéeFun Stuff, Self9 Comments

I’m sure you notice there are a few changes on the blog. Sometimes you come full circle. I started a “life” blog a few years ago and branched off into weight loss. Then my whole life became about weight loss…

Recap: Utrecht Half Marathon Thoughts

1 May, 20117 November, 2015 RenéeBody, epiphany, Mind, Race Recap10 Comments

I wrote a post earlier this week but have decided to try again in another way, at least giving my impressions for anyone who may be interested to do this in the future. But I’m going to be honest, it…

Zandvoort II

29 March, 2011 RenéeBody, Exercise, Fun Stuff3 Comments

(I realize now I haven’t even done a race re-cap for Groet aan Schoorl, the race I did in February…) This past Sunday I participated in the 4th annual Zandvoort Circuit Run, a race near and dear to my heart…

Now that we’ve got that out of the way

17 March, 2011 RenéeBody, Food, Fun Stuff, Self4 Comments

How about an update? My vacation was fabulous for the most part. I had not been back to New Mexico for nearly 5 years though I had a slight taste of the Southwest 2 years ago when Mr. Lowfatpie and…

The Sports Doctor

26 January, 2011 RenéeBody, Self16 Comments

I went to the sports doctor (is that the right term? here in NL it is but I’m not sure what you would call these professionals in North America or the UK for example) this morning and it was an…

Another attempt at Attitude Adjustment

22 January, 2011 RenéeSelf5 Comments

I think this one will stick. It’s been another rough week emotionally. I don’t want to behave the way I have been. I’m frustrated and angry that my doctor, for one, can speak to me the way she does, so…

Positive Post: Monday Reflections and Ten Things

10 January, 201110 January, 2011 RenéeMind, Self7 Comments

Last week was a mixture of the good stuff and the not so good stuff. Stress is a fairly common factor in my life at the moment, at least when it comes to work. It was probably the worst week…

Challenge. Strategy. Result.

18 December, 2010 RenéeSelf6 Comments

I know it’s been a little while since I posted and I there are a few reasons for that. If you have been following along the last wee bit you know that there’s been a lot of stress at work…

Bear With Me

7 December, 2010 RenéeFun Stuff4 Comments

I’m trying to change the blog a wee bit, but I don’t have loads of time to just sit down and do it all in one go. . Hopefully everything will be working again properly in 2 – 3 days.…

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.