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Back on the road again

Hi y'all,

Well. I can honestly say that I'm not a very faithful blogger. However since I'm officially back in training for the half marathon since jun 21st I decided to blog again. Especially since so many of you have already donated money for the cause I'm running the Damloop in september for.

This year I'm running for maag lever darmstichting. Between january 2014 and februari 2015 the love of my life has been hospitalized 4 times of which 2 were so severe that I was near that point of having to let him go. Luckily he's able to tell his story and I'm blessed with what we hope will be a lifetime together. I know now that many people suffer from disfunctioning bowels. My love suffered a volvulus 3 times, got operated on and they removed a huge piece of his bowel and than he still got hospitalized again nine months after surgery because he had some scar tissue that blocked his entire bowel. Before they finally got his bowel to work again properly he was very very sick and in a lot of pain. Doctors did what they could and the nurses were so so nice. But this is a horrible thing to go through and I do not wish it on anybody. Ever. This kind of suffering should be banned from all life and I believe it can but this kind of research is costly. Will you hekp me in reaching my fun ding goal of 450 euro's?

YOU CAN HELP ME BY DONATING HERE

Well than about the running. I have signed up for both the Dam tot Damloop and the Amsterdam Half marathon and I've done something else. I have entered the random draw for Nike SAN FRANCISCO HALF MARATHON and I will find out if I get selected this week. I am so excited. So yes I have some seriously incredible running goals to fullfill and I'm looking forward to every step of the way. The past week and a half were HOT. We endured a heatwave but I ran nontheless and I'm proud of my runs. I ran two races and completed my training schedule. Hopefully the rest of this summer the temperatures won't rise as much anymore because the heat was...unworldy for a Dutchie such as me.

yep gotta love it
racing is fun

Now If you'd like updates on my training progress you are more than welcome to check out my training results on either Runkeeper or Nike+. I use both apps a lot. For now I have to attend to other stuff (such as teaching my sister how to crochet) but I will be back with more running news. And I promise it will be more about running and less about sad stuff.

As always, until we read again.

Love Marlies

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