Come on down, ease on down the road!
2008-05-23 04:17:00
My running shoes are like Dorothy famous red shoes: they get me home, to myself.But instead of clicking my heels, I have to run with my shoes. And with every step I take I'm getting closer to the person I am when I'm not a mom, wife, daughter or friend.Granted, I can be a bit of a whiner, but mostly I turn out to be quite good company!The yellow brick road in the movie symbolises our life's journ
To marathon, or not to marathon. That's the question.
2008-05-25 05:47:00
I was sitting at the kitchen table reading the Non-Runners Marathon Trainer, and getting more and more excited.But this thought kept nagging me: Why? Why would I want to run a marathon. Didn't I read somewhere the human body isn't really made for distances that long?But I love the psychology that the Non-Runners Marathon Trainer is peppered with: about taking control of your life. As a mom of five
Non-runner Nancy
2008-05-26 09:58:00
More and more women take up running. Who are these women, and what makes them want to run? From now on: portraits of Running Moms! For our third portrait of running moms, meet Nancy
! Let's see, where to start. I am married to a great guy and have two sweet little boys who love to ask if I'm racing this weekend. They also like to sit on the porch and wait for the latest long run achievement. I h
Going nowhere fast
2008-05-28 06:31:00
Today I was riding my bike surrounded by the wonderful sounds and sights of Spring, when I passed a gym. They'd opened the front door, probably to catch some spring inside, and inside I saw a woman struggling on a treadmill.Pearls of sweat decorated her brow, and there was desperation in her eyes, as she was going nowhere fast. The difference between the beautiful Spring decor outside and the blea
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School run
2008-05-30 10:57:00
On Thursday morning I take the children to school in my running clothes. It is of course, unfortunate people have to see me in tight lycra, but there you go. I don't trust myself to leave the house again if I go home to change first. Besides they don't call it the 'school run' for nothing, do they?Every week my son Piets teacher looks me up and down and asks in incredulous tones: 'Are you going ou
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Karen
2008-05-30 11:08:00
I am 36, married to my wonderful husband for eleven years, with two kids ages 8 and 5. My background is in School Psychology, but I have turned my hobby of photography into a career. When I was thirthythree I started to run.Why did you take up running? I took up running so I could run a 5k with my dad. I started seriously exercising when I saw my sister really get herself into shape, and decide
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Pace of mind
2008-06-03 07:59:00
I'm training to run 10K in an hour, and things are running along nicely. To spice things up I decided to run to the neighbouring town of Westendorp, eight kilometers further. Now, Westendorp isn't very nice. Westendorp is mostly a big road with some houses scattered on the side. But, Westendorp boasts a Pancake House which serves really nice cups of coffee! According to my training program I had t
Mandy
2008-06-04 05:00:00
More and more women take up running. Who are these women, and what makes them want to run? From now on: portraits of Running Moms! For our fourth portrait of running moms, meet Mandy
! My name is Mandy, I'm 31 years old. I've been married to my husband for 8 years and we have 2 children. My daughter is 4 and my son is 2. They are so much fun to be with. They make me laugh all day (well, most of the
I've been tagged!
2008-06-06 12:29:00
I've been tagged by running mom Patti! I feel all honoured. Thanks Patti! What a great way to meet other runners out there.Here are the rules and my reply is just below.Tagging is easy. Just copy the following onto your post. The rules of the game are posted at the start of your blog post. In this case, I'm asking you 5 questions about running. Each player answers the 5 questions on their own bl
Runners spat!
2008-06-07 05:07:00
Me and one of my running mates had a big blow up. He was always whining and complaining and wanting me to go slower or take a break. In the end I just snapped and said: 'You know what? I don't want you to be my running mate anymore! Go take a hike!'But this running mate didn't recognize rejection when he was rejected, and kept following me wherever I ran. So I ran a little bit faster, and faster,
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Mommy Einstein
2008-06-10 08:50:00
Recently Harvard psychiatrist John Ratey* stated that, during running, the brain produces the 'Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor', a kind of spinach for the brain, making it stronger and more efficient!Combined with the changes in the brain during pregnancy and, later on, motherhood, running moms must be exceptionally smart!This is of course no news to me.Because I am a running mom.Just don't ask
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, Einstein
The Runs
2008-06-13 04:57:00
I was walking the kids to school when Piet suddenly stopped in his tracks, and wildly started pulling his pants down revealing an unpleasant brown stain, giving a whole new meaning to the term 'school runs'. Hm, something told me yesterday's runs weren't over yet. 'Eeuwh!' he cried. 'I don't wanna wear my pants anymore, I don't wanna wear my pants anymore!'I couldn't really blame him, but in the n
A short cut!
2008-06-14 09:18:00
Yesterday I sprayed deodorant behind my ear thinking it was perfume. Today I searched the phone book for the telephone number of the children's school, looking futilely for the 'King's school'. Not surprisingly, I didn't find it, since the school is called The High Ground, and the addres is King's road.So I said to the children: 'Mummy really needs a break!' and ran straight to the self-help sect
The certainty of running
2008-06-17 06:28:00
I don't always find it easy to get myself out the door to go for a run, but I always do. Because I know for certain I won't regret it. And since motherhood doesn't come with many certainties, except the certainty of love, I just lóve certainties.I don't think there are many runners out there who say: 'Gee, I wish I hadn't gone out for my run.'So if you'll excuse me: I'm going out to take my happy
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The world's your gym
2008-06-16 09:27:00
As a mom the world's you classroom, and as a runner it's your gym. And isn't it the most beautiful gym you have ever seen?And all you have to do to reach it, is walk out the door.
Run fat boy, run!
2008-06-20 02:15:00
Has anyone seen the movie 'Run fat boy, run'? It's about a man who left his pregnant girlfriend at the altar, and tries to prove to her he has changed by running the London Marathon.What I liked about this movie is the way running is portrayed as a way to show what you're made off. A way to show you can commit to something, see things through and are someone to rely on.Granted, the movie isn't ver
A quick ten miler
2008-07-04 01:40:00
Today I ran a quick ten miler, passing fellow runners left and right, giving them a friendly little wave. And while they ate my dust, I decided to add another ten miles, since I was clearly on a roll. So I did, and after having completed twenty miles without breaking a sweat, I went home and did some laundry, and then went for a little bike ride.Really?No.
The Mom Run!
2008-07-02 03:34:00
Thanks to Mapmyrun, I know exactly out how many miles I went before I wept. In neat lines it proudly appears on the map.But while my body moves in neat lines, my mind doesn't. To be quite honest: it bears a remarkable resemblance to my life as a mom.So I'm proud to introduce a completely new type of run: the Mom Run, also know as the All Over The Place Run.
Learn by example
2008-07-01 07:06:00
I was happily running along, minding my own business, when a fellow runner passed me by, looking like he'd just stepped out for a little stroll. While my face was contorted with effort, he managed to look as if he was having a day at the spa, but going faster than me nevertherless.In my mind I screamed: 'It's not fair! Why should he, effortlessly, get to go faster than me! It's not fair. I want my
Running gadgets
2008-06-29 12:43:00
Running, as a sport, is known for being low-budget. Just a couple of good running shoes, and you're good to go. But that doesn't mean you can't make running an expensive sport. You can! You just have to set your mind to it and really set your mind to it!That's where all the handy little gadgets
come in: heartmonitors, pedometers, garmins, ipod-nano's etc.But perhaps the gentleman in this movie sl
Running for the hills
2008-06-26 13:01:00
I've said it before: I used to hate running and thought runners had to be out of their minds to go out there and get all sweaty and everything.But there's just something about being a mom, and spending lots of time with little people that makes you want to run. Run far, far away. Preferably screaming. Leaving all the stresses, demands and the endless: 'Mommy, mommy, he hit me!' 'No I didn't!'Yes y
The mother that could!
2008-06-24 04:28:00
Thanks to several training programmes, by John 'the penguin' Bingham and Jeff Galloway, I now run at least 45 minutes at a time. And on Sundays I even run for two hours, when I run to Westendorp (which they still haven't put back by the way) and back. On Sundays I joyfully fall into my husband's arms, after fifteen years of marriage. Not because I'm overwhelmed by love, but because my legs feel li
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Some running humor
2008-06-22 14:41:00
It's the number one reason cited to start running
, though often not the number one reason to kéép on running: losing weight. So, some lightweight running humor about weight!
Going loopy
2008-07-18 07:35:00
Teuntje (9) fancied an Italian ice cream, and I fancied a run, so together we ran to the neigbouring town of Zelhem which actually boasts an Italian ice cream parlor! That is to say, I ran, and Teuntje rode her bicycle.'And then you can run back the other way,' hubby suggested from the couch, 'so you can make your Sunday 16 kilometers!'So, after polishing off our ice cream and a cup of coffee, I
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Mama has entered the building!
2008-07-15 00:59:00
I was at school being a good little mom, wiping off hundreds of little wooden farm animals. At the end of the school year all school materials have to be cleaned of grubby little fingerprints, and volunteering is expected if you don't want to be known, as 'that mom who never helps out'. Suddenly I heard excited whispers, culminating in one loud cry: 'Mommyyyy!'I looked towards the sound and there
Speed work
2008-07-10 09:38:00
I was inside minding my own business, peeling potatoes and such, when I heard the most horrible scream, followed by more screams: 'Alarm, Alarm! Otsmom, alarm!' (The neigbourhood kids call me Otsmom, Pietsmom depending on which one of my children they're playing with.)I nearly jumped out of my skin and ran with the speed of light outside, towards the screams. Speed
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Running thoughts
2008-07-08 08:43:00
I was running my 16 kilometers to Westendorp and back, when around 13 kilometers my eye sudenly fell on the gras shoulder beside the bike path. I felt it calling out to me, tantalizing, and luring me into its green embrace. Suddenly I couldn't stop thinking about how nice and soft that grass would feel. But a runner lying around somewhere in the grass, probably raises unpleasant questions so I plo
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The genuine article
2008-07-06 05:08:00
The first time I met them was in high school: fellow students who left the classroom after a test, moaning and groaning saying: 'I did terrible! I'm sure I'll get an F!' and blithely proceeded to get an A. While I sadly took in my F, because when I said I didn't do very well, I was telling the truth.As a mom you meet them too. You go for a visit and your hostess opens the door, and while you're s
Waterloo
2008-08-04 04:46:00
After two weeks of summer vacation our house looks like the dirt tracks I like to run on. Thanks to an unfortunate combination of kids coming in with muddy shoes and lots of spilled water.'Mommy, I need new water for my watergun!''But I just put a whole bucket of water outside! Surely there's enough water in there to fill your watergun!''Yes, but it kind of fell over...''Well, okay then.''Mommy, I
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Running is like a friend
2008-07-30 13:35:00
Running is like a patient, loving friend
who's always there for me.So are the familiar roads and paths I run. As my feet touch the ground, I feel them welcoming me, happy to see me again.So I can totally relate to this quote from Nike:There are clubs you can't belong to, neighborhoods you can't live in, schools you can't get into, but the roads are always open.
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