Adventures of a marathon girl

Hi y'all Well...I did it. I ran the hills in San Francisco. Was it all I hoped it would be? It was and more. The race was intense in all aspects. You can run as many bridges and steep ramps as you like but it will not be the same as that last hill between mile10 and 11.  So what did it feel like? Well... Starting coral: Firmly planting your feet on the road, listening to the most amazing speech I have heard in a long time. 'Today someone will look at you and you will be their inspiration'. Listening to the buzzing of the growing crowd and how it all stops and turns into the most impressive silence ever when an amazing voice sings the national anthom, the walk up to the starting line and the first real steps into the race. Fulton road and golden gate park: Oh my...that is a steep steep hill. Keep on going just keep running even if it is in a dribble tempo and WORK THOSE ARMS! My...survived and there is the park. First toiletbreak. Can you believe this? We are lin

Hi y'all Today's training ended the long and tough part of my schedule so that means I'm officially in my taperweek. This was killer week. With a 14km run last Thursday that circled Amsterdam and even included running up and down the stairs at Nemo. This week ended with an 18.5km run. Yep. And I pulled it all off while working and dealing with some serious things. Want to see my runs? check m out here  https://runkeeper.com/user/Seilram/profile Just a few more days before we cross the ocean and fly to the USA, Not my first transatlantic and not the first time we're going to San Francisco but boy-oh-boy I am looking forward to this trip. Not in the least because the love of my life gets to join me. His physician told us that it would be in his best interest to actually take the trip. Not that I'm keeping score but YIHAAA. I know this doesn't make sense now but I will tell y'all  as soon as I can. Sander joining me was the best news we got last week. I