running

  It’s a fact that I am more sensitive to smells than other people I know. And sometimes this makes running a challenge for me, in particular when I run at times when people go to work and walk their

  Remember when I went shoe-shopping a couple of weeks ago? Well, the running shoes I bought then, turned out to be just a bit too small for my feet, so I returned them, and the store ordered the same

  I thought running was supposed to make people feel good and happy! That’s what it does with me anyway. Not so much with the people I saw running this morning. And it wasn’t even raining! So I wondered if

  Storm has a peculiar way of pointing out to me he feels it’s time for a haircut. Followed his advice though today! 🙂

  When one of my toes started hurting and turned blue, I wondered what was going on, so I googled a bit and found this is something that a lot of long distance runners suffer from. Their toes bounce into

  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