Adventures of a marathon girl

Hi y'all, The flatlands have been the wetlands over the past three weeks. Literally each and every Sunday we have had a storm. First came Ciara, than Dennis and though the officials still haven't called it yet we faced Ellen today. Heavy rain & wind smashing you around and yet I run. I get up and I run. Why? Because I belong in the storm, I belong on the roads and each and every viber of my soul is filled with so much awe every time I stand tall and embrace the power that nature provides. Don't get me wrong. I am not careless or disprespectful to the full force of nature. I've been on hikes in the mountains with my parents and I have seen the weather flip. I am well aware off the dangers. But a storm not out of it's wits but strong enough, not gone bonkers but fierceful and not over the top but just that thundering blasting roar....I am part of thát storm. My runs and now-a-days walks/hikes done in weather like we've been having lately somehow clear

Hi y'all, First things first. This amazing aquarel was made by my beautiful and very talented sister Annemieke van Eunen. She is the other half of the project this blog post is about. I just really wanted to give Annemieke a huge huge shout out. I am so super proud of her! This aquarel of the Brooklyn Bridge was painted by her and for those funding our project: you'll be seeing this baby throughout the year. So by now y'all know I am actually running the NYC marathon come 2020 and I'm doing that as a fundraiser to help fund ALS research. Why? well that's a no brainer - because my mom died of ALS and it is something you absolutely don't want to witness. What you might not know is that me and my sister are united under CiderZussen (cider sisters) and we started brewing cider a year ago. Why? because we like doing new things, because we love cider and because we enjoy the crap out of brewing our own very delicious hard cider. Our first year we dedicated