Adventures of a marathon girl

Normal life has taken over again so the euphoria of my first 10 mile run ever washed away pretty quickly BUT I did it! I would like to thank all of you. Readers, sponsors,fans, friends and family. Thank you for donating money to ZZF and even more than I could wish for. I am sure all that money will find its way to research on rare diseases. You all helped making this world a little better and so today you guys are the true heroes! You stuck with me through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered and you believed in me. You knew I could do this even when I wasn't too sure. So THANK YOU all. SOOOOO HOW DID I DO? Well I really wasn't fast ( checking my time I am even somewhat embarrassed ) but I did what I wanted to do. I tried to stick to my own rythm and I enjoyed the race. I finished with energy to spare and I had FUN! Have to say though that the weather wasn't great for running. The first obstacle you encounter is the IJ-tunnel. I ran this tunnel three times before this

With my last training done,my fundraiser at 89%, my outfit fixed and even the gel thing tried, there is nothing more I can do than just relax and believe in myself. Check out this week's training at my runkeeper page to see how I've done. Am I nervous? Hell yeah but excited too. You can still make a donation and help me help ZZF raise funds for research on rare diseases like Kawasaki's and Neuralgic Amyotrophy. I am at 89% of my goal so if you can find it in your heart to donate as little as even 1 euro that would be greatly appreciated. please make your donation right here and as we speak I just noticed my neighbour, who I might add is a currently unemployed criminologist (so if you have a job opening please let me know), just donated 7 euro's. Thank you so much Well guys I guess this is it...until we read again, lots of love Marlies

As race day is closing in on me I get to experience all kinds of feelings. For starters I am nervous and several thoughts bug me throughout the day. Will I make it? Can I do this? Wow is this really happening? I even dreamed I miscalculated my own time and ended up in the car we Dutchies call 'Bezemwagen', which I think would translate as some kind of Zamboni ..it isn't though. But as the duration of my runs is growing, so is my confidence. Today I ran a 13 km run. I never ran that far before and I felt good, like I could keep going and this is exactly what I would like to feel next sunday. I want to enjoy myself, I want to feel good about this race and I want to finish it. Curious how I actually did and where I ran? well why don't you take a look? Can I do this? I believe I can. After all these months of training, injuries, recoveries, running throughout the summer in extreme heats and right now facing the challenges of heavy rain showers and wind I have learned a few