Adventures of a marathon girl

Hi y'all, Two weeks since I last updated you on my journey to marathon finish line. What's been up? Well to begin with I entered the final weeks of the academic year before summer and for a teacher that means the crazy van just rolled into town. Everybody is stressed out, tired and ready to for that summer holiday to start. With just 3 weeks left and a growing stack of term papers, exams, graduations and other stuff to deal with...it's crazy time in crazy ville. So what's a girl to do? Try to maintain your calm and taking each day as it comes along, roll with the punches and just breathe through it. Easier said then done when you are at the end of your rope and dangling above a cliff  with a mile drop. But I try. To keep my sanity I run, you've figured that out by now and honestly last week was a good one runningwise and it ended with me running my Half Blood Prince Half marathon in 2 hours and 29 minutes. My third half marathon and I felt surprisingly go

Hi y'all, It's confession time. I have to come clean to all of you. I have turned into this: It is the truth and last weekend I have portrayed some serious runholeness. Summer came around again and turned the heat up to amazing beach worthy temperatures and what did I do? Right....I ran two events and some more because I am training for an endurance race. Leaving the love of my life, my family and even my friends all to themselves. I honestly felt guilty but I found a way to make time for my love and we ended up enjoying a few hours in the sun together zipping (non-alcoholic for me) brewskies. A weekend that was crazy and fun and felt like the promise of a classic summer holiday to come. A teacher's life does have it's perks. So what did I do? Last Saturday was brutally hot and I had my mind set on running 10 miles so I registered for an 11km race at Vondelpark that was organized by Reade; the centre for rehabilition for people with muscle diseases. My mom goes