Marathon

  Remember my Achilles tendon giving me trouble? Well, I took it (relatively) easy for the past week, and today my physical therapist said that she doesn’t think it’s going to be much of a problem anymore! That doesn’t mean

  Due to the success of Dutch racing cyclist Tom Dumoulin, there is apparently something going on now that’s being called ‘the Tom Dumoulin-effect’: cycle racing has become even more popular than it already was! I noticed this today, the

  Remember yesterday’s really fast 10k? Well, my legs certainly did today! Perhaps I overdid it a bit yesterday, since I could barely walk today. And yes, I really walked around town with a book about marathons in my hand

  Today was special: usually I have to stick to a specific heart rate when running, but today I got to run 10k as fast as I could. First it was fun, then it hurt, and somewhere in between my

  On my usual route, I run past some fields, sometimes there’s cows in those fields. And today they looked so supportive somehow! (‘mooportive’?)

  I don’t know about these old markers I’ve been using to colour my marathon drawings. They smell silly, reminds me of glue. I think I prefer a ‘runner’s high’…..

  Remember me telling you about that drought here, and how I and everybody else was so happy it rained a bit a few days ago? Well, today there was more rain. Right when I was running. I had no

  I had a lower back issue for a while, but lately it has barely been bothering me, but just when I declared to my Physical Therapist that I was cured and healed, I decided to ask her about this

  My usual running route was VERY crowded this morning! Perhaps because I decided to run at 9 am rather than at sunrise, but I never expected to end up in rush hour on a Sunday morning!

  After weeks of heat and dryness, it suddenly started to rain today! Just a bit really, but I’ve never seen so many people getting so excited over rain!