Dear readers,Well this week sure has proven to be a challenge but thinking about my sponsors made me get out there and work out. And I do thank all of my sponsors https://www.justgiving.nl/nl/pages/1740-marlies-loopt-voor-het-zzf So this is what happened:
Well this week started out very good but than after monday...it all kind of fell apart. First of all this blog is called adventures of a marathon girl and sometimes you just wish you were NOT a girl for all the obvious reasons and after that there were so many reasons this week was hard I kind of lost count...but I stuck with it and did what I needed to do.
The picture on the left shows the amount of snow that fell during practice today and I have to say I am seriously fed up with the cold wind and the snow. I could not see anything at one point and my legs? OMG do NOT get me started on that....they are red and painfull even though I do wear those horribly uncharming and very very ugly thermopants under my tights. So I look like a stuffed turkey and I'm still cold. Nothing seems to work. Is there a thermo underwear company out there that can actually say 'our thermopants work for sure' and is willing to let me test them so I can blog about it? Oh and it would be nice if you guys could make them look better because they look like the design got stuck somewhere in the early 1800's and I live in Amsterdam...not the colony.
Last wednesday I ran with Franklin and his collegues. That was a good run but the cold...the wind. We ran about 10km that night. Clear sky actually made it feel a lot colder than it probably was but I had fun. The thing that kept me going was the thought of soaking in a very hot bath at my parents place after the run. It is such a good feeling to know I can always soak in that tub after training when I run in their part of Amsterdam.
In total I ran about 30 km this week and if you like you can see my runs at: http://runkeeper.com/user/Seilram/profile I keep track of most of my runs on runkeeper. I've tested several apps but I keep coming back to this one. So I guess I'll stick to it.
Next to my running I've also kept up with my thirty days challenge http://www.my30dc.com/show/challenge/1074 why? Because I feel it really does help me in my training and I like a good challenge.
It was a rough week and I can not say that I have enjoyed practice and working out but I did it anyway. Since I am currently unemployed and trying to get a job I think I should do what ever I can to contribute to society that is taking such good care of me. So yes I will run no matter what. Because children with rare diseases deserve people that actually care. They need to know we do, that they are not alone. So next to some serious jobhunting, networking and picking up on some (free but very good) jobrelated courses at coursera.com I donate the rest of my time to running for ZZF. Because I care.
The week to come will most likely have some other challenges up her sleeve for me but I am ready. I happy to say that I will be tourguiding a group through Amsterdam this thursday as part of a networking thing. So that is good. I will be running on tuesday, thursday and saturday because monday I'm going to a yoga class and wednesday I will be attending Ignite Amsterdam. So next to the jobhunt (wish me luck!), the last week of my two coursera courses and the networking things I will be running and keeping up with my 30 days challenge. Let's just hope the snow and cold will go away...I am done with winter.
As always: until we read again.
Love
Marlies
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