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Hi Y'all,

What's cooking sweeties? Well loads of stuff is brewing on my stove since I embarked on this madness ship and set sail to Marathon finish. I am working with two brilliant people on becoming the best me I can be and the progress I still notice is so motivating! Joris and Esther are miracle workers and both of them have been introduced last time. So what is brewing on my stove? What kind of juicy concuctions are about to be served??




I have been part of Mark Zuckerberg's 'A year of running'  page on Facebook since it started out in January. Why? Well sometimes even the most dedicated and devoted runners get stuck in a rut and I've discovered that reading up on adventures by others helps me find new open places, new faces and the best races. Combine that with the best advice I ever got on post-run items such as my foam roller and this magical cream called Body Glide and there you have it....inspiration. I have had so much help from people all over the world this way. So today I want to help y'all get inspired by the people that inspire me.

First of all there's Twitter. That is not a person, true, but Twitter is one of the best ways to connect to other runners. In the Netherlands the @loopmaatjes account helps you to all kinds of information. When you use #hardlopen they will RT and ask any question, the community will respond. I've met several active runners IRL and I'm still enjoying their updates.  Wanna follow up on me? My twitter handle is @vaneun

Twitter led me to following Kelly Roberts. She's funny, not too shy to speak her mind without being rude and she can get to serious stuff too. I'd say she is well worth a follow. She even started Vlogging recently and is working on her BQ even. Now that is inspiration for me. She gave the world some pretty handy advice too so thanks to her I have the best foam roller ever, bought my first blue pack of body glide and it saved my skin (literally) and she made my wish list of runs even longer than it was before. Thank you Kelly for blogging and vlogging (weird word though) You can find her here  http://www.runselfierepeat.com/ and her twitter handle is @KellyKKRoberts

I said it before, I have been active on 'A year of Running' by Mark Zuckerberg. It is amazing to see how fast a community can grow and what 'waves'  flow through their updates. When starting out most updates were about locality, than we moved on to 'how running changed my life' and now we're all sharing routes & times, asking questions on very important topics such as what shoes to wear or what to eat before and after. Check out this amazing group and join us in this challenge of running 365 miles this year.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ayearofrunning/ 


For me A year of running just broke the record of sheer coolness when the races started coming in. And yesterday I added a new level of meaning to my 'keep it unreal and make it happen' motto. Due to an update by Erin Erickson on the amazing runs she has run so far, I have taken on the challenge to run two half marathons in one month. I have registered for the Half Blood Prince Half Marathon by Hogwarts Running Club. Now first I want to say thank you Erin for sharing that piece of info. If it weren't for your post I would have never heard off this amazing running club. What are they? It's a non-profit organization that created the Hogwarts running club. What do they do? You can register for awesome virtual runs. Virtual? What do you mean? Well you register for a race, you pay the registration fee and medal and that money goes directly to a good cause. The HBP half marathon is a fundraiser for pancreatic cancer in honor of Alan Rickman and all others with this disease. Nobody of that organization will check if you actually ran that race to earn the bling you bought for yourself. This organization speaks directly to your runners code, your moral. I'm a huge HP fan, this run suits my motto in more than one way and just think this organization is cool. So check m out http://www.hogwartsrunningclub.org/

Last but not least the Runkeeper App ahs some pretty amazing stuff going on too. Not a person but a community too. Upcoming is their second Global 5K. It is a free virtual race via the app. All you have to do is create an account on Runkeeper (which I recommend using!), accept the Global 5K challenge, run a 5K on May 28th or 29Th anywhere around the world and log it with the app. Show your pride by wearing the bib and making awesome selfies. I have truely enjoyed watching the data come in last time. I'm running it. Are you in? Check out their site https://runkeeper.com

So there it is...I am running Leiden Half Marathon 22nd of May, running the Globak 5K and after that I will run my Half Blood Prince Half Marathon on June 12th. Unreal in every aspect and I'm making it happen.


That's it for now!
Until we read again, as always
Love, Marlies

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