Marathon

  Today was another one of those ‘bird watching’ trainings (where I have to run really slow), so perhaps this kid had a point. He made me laugh, and I said “Good job!” to him. Though I was tempted to

  Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s a very good thing someone invented electric bicycles. It’s a great way for people who perhaps are not able to ride a bicycle normally because of their physical condition and/or age to

  In roughly a month there’s a ‘Ladies Run’ in this neighbourhood. So my usual route is now crowded with people training for that!

  This has absolutely nothing to do with running or marathons, but I never was aware of the dangers of carrying a family-sized cardboard box of soap powder through heavy rain until today.

  During this 100 day marathon training, I never have to run more than 14 kilometers at a time. Yet it feels somewhat unreal to trust in my being able to jump from a couple of 14k’s to a 42k

  Remember the strange birds I mentioned two days ago? It turns out they were spoonbills!!

  So, I prepared to go for a run, checked a weather-app to make sure it was not going to rain (it showed me a blue sky for the next hour, no hint of rain whatsoever). I left the house,

  Today I saw some very strange birds (or odd ducks if you want) along my usual route. They were further away than this drawing suggests, I am also not totally sure if they were wearing hats and purses. I

  If you ever bought SERIOUS running shoes, this might look familiar. In the running shoe store, the shoe sellers are like gods. You can’t just walk in there and say you’d like some purple running shoes, please. NO! You

  I have to run at a specific heart rate, which is higher now because of my fast 10k last week. Today I somehow couldn’t manage to get to that heart rate though. Not even when trying to think about