Hi Y'all,
Summer is officially here and today I've started my second half of marathon training and just today temperatures went up to 30C / 86F so today I wanna write about a few things. First off all...dresscode. Let me start by saying: can we just agree to never ever tell another human what to wear in summer? Why because I'm annoyed/bothered by the fact that bodyshaming is still a thing. I am going to be blatently rude so if you can't take it than please stop reading now. Continue and do not say I didn't warn you. I'll have non of this ever again and I will speak up if you do it in front of me.
You kept on reading. Good. I can't be held responsible for your long toes so if I step on m than that's not my problem. Here we go: if you connect bodyshape to either beauty or fitlevel or godforsake both than you are an asshole. Yes you are and you need to stop. Surviving the heat when running (or just going to the beach or the office for that matter) on summer days has nothing to do with beauty or sex. Period. The moment you start saying stuf like: you can't wear that because [....fill in the blanks with reasons like...you are too big for that...it's too short....it shows a little too much of....] than you are connecting bodyshape to beauty, fitlevel or sex (or the lack thereof according to you) and it makes you an asshole. I run in shorts and a tanktop when it's hot like this. It doesn't mean I want to have sex with you, it doesn't mean you get to comment on my not too modest boobs and it sure as hell doesn't mean you can call me fat, ugly or a person that needs to hide herself in sportswear that is unrevealing. Have you ever tried running an 8+ mile run in 30C/86F? I just did and I sure as hell will never ever not do it and I sure as hell will never ever wear something unrevealing just because my running thus sweating and jiggling body is too hard for you to handle. Don't like what you see? Guess what...changes are that the feeling is mutual but let's just agree to keep those opinions to ourselves yeah? Opinions are like assholes...everybody has one. Who are you to decide what a specific body type is granted to wear? Who are you to decide what beauty is and seriously....a little nudity means immediatly you wanna do every stranger that comes along? Really? WOW! What year did you wake up in? Hellooooooo waky waky!!
Aaand moving on....heat has another edge to it. Called hydration. Obviously I have to get up way too early on days off just to be able to run before the heat really strikes which ...as y'all know....I'm not a fan off and second: you need to bring water. A lot of it or run a route that has points for tapwater (like we had back in Amsterdam). Now Lelystad doesn't have those points so now the love of my life is also stacking bottles of water on his bike when he comes along on my long runs. I don't know exactly how much water you need to drink in order to stay hydrated but it's a lot more than usual so I'm blessed with my mobile water station aka super amazing husband man but if you don't have a buddy carrying water for you than please make sure you run with some mode of water transportation even if you run in the early morning like I did. Make sure you drink plenty of water before running and after too. I can tell you I felt like this when I finished my run:
But I survived and I earned myself a nifty new badge on Strava. Yes I am a nerd and I love badges so I'm proudly sharing this one and I wanna earn a lot more so it's a good thing I'm on my way to full marathon mode. Badges just bring me joy. It feels like a little digital reward I earned that was not just given. Something I earned by running a certain distance, time, elevation, run streak or pace. Earned not given. So you see....running makes me happy. I feel good about myself and for just a little while it is just me and the love of my life and that is priceless.
So for now I wanna end this post by asking y'all to look at your body and enjoy what you see. Your body is a magical vessel that carries you through life. You will get scarred and you will see the signs of time passed written accross it. Love the message it is sending you: You are human, you kick ass. This body is yours and only you get to decide what you wanna do to or with it. Nobody else has that right. Ever! Learn to feel at home in your body and as for the bodies of other humans? Focus on better things!
That's it for now, until we read again,
Keep it unreal and make it happen
as always, love Marlies
Summer is officially here and today I've started my second half of marathon training and just today temperatures went up to 30C / 86F so today I wanna write about a few things. First off all...dresscode. Let me start by saying: can we just agree to never ever tell another human what to wear in summer? Why because I'm annoyed/bothered by the fact that bodyshaming is still a thing. I am going to be blatently rude so if you can't take it than please stop reading now. Continue and do not say I didn't warn you. I'll have non of this ever again and I will speak up if you do it in front of me.
You kept on reading. Good. I can't be held responsible for your long toes so if I step on m than that's not my problem. Here we go: if you connect bodyshape to either beauty or fitlevel or godforsake both than you are an asshole. Yes you are and you need to stop. Surviving the heat when running (or just going to the beach or the office for that matter) on summer days has nothing to do with beauty or sex. Period. The moment you start saying stuf like: you can't wear that because [....fill in the blanks with reasons like...you are too big for that...it's too short....it shows a little too much of....] than you are connecting bodyshape to beauty, fitlevel or sex (or the lack thereof according to you) and it makes you an asshole. I run in shorts and a tanktop when it's hot like this. It doesn't mean I want to have sex with you, it doesn't mean you get to comment on my not too modest boobs and it sure as hell doesn't mean you can call me fat, ugly or a person that needs to hide herself in sportswear that is unrevealing. Have you ever tried running an 8+ mile run in 30C/86F? I just did and I sure as hell will never ever not do it and I sure as hell will never ever wear something unrevealing just because my running thus sweating and jiggling body is too hard for you to handle. Don't like what you see? Guess what...changes are that the feeling is mutual but let's just agree to keep those opinions to ourselves yeah? Opinions are like assholes...everybody has one. Who are you to decide what a specific body type is granted to wear? Who are you to decide what beauty is and seriously....a little nudity means immediatly you wanna do every stranger that comes along? Really? WOW! What year did you wake up in? Hellooooooo waky waky!!
Aaand moving on....heat has another edge to it. Called hydration. Obviously I have to get up way too early on days off just to be able to run before the heat really strikes which ...as y'all know....I'm not a fan off and second: you need to bring water. A lot of it or run a route that has points for tapwater (like we had back in Amsterdam). Now Lelystad doesn't have those points so now the love of my life is also stacking bottles of water on his bike when he comes along on my long runs. I don't know exactly how much water you need to drink in order to stay hydrated but it's a lot more than usual so I'm blessed with my mobile water station aka super amazing husband man but if you don't have a buddy carrying water for you than please make sure you run with some mode of water transportation even if you run in the early morning like I did. Make sure you drink plenty of water before running and after too. I can tell you I felt like this when I finished my run:
But I survived and I earned myself a nifty new badge on Strava. Yes I am a nerd and I love badges so I'm proudly sharing this one and I wanna earn a lot more so it's a good thing I'm on my way to full marathon mode. Badges just bring me joy. It feels like a little digital reward I earned that was not just given. Something I earned by running a certain distance, time, elevation, run streak or pace. Earned not given. So you see....running makes me happy. I feel good about myself and for just a little while it is just me and the love of my life and that is priceless.
So for now I wanna end this post by asking y'all to look at your body and enjoy what you see. Your body is a magical vessel that carries you through life. You will get scarred and you will see the signs of time passed written accross it. Love the message it is sending you: You are human, you kick ass. This body is yours and only you get to decide what you wanna do to or with it. Nobody else has that right. Ever! Learn to feel at home in your body and as for the bodies of other humans? Focus on better things!
That's it for now, until we read again,
Keep it unreal and make it happen
as always, love Marlies
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