Silly Girl Running vs. 'NO', 'You can't', and 'Girls don't do that'. Because I do. And mess up race photos while I'm at it.
12/31/2010
Happy New Year - Let's kickstart it with some karaoke, shall we?
12/30/2010
Three Things Thursday - the 'There's a Throwback Thursday in here' post
12/29/2010
The Bucket List - part two
12/28/2010
The Bucket List - the shortened version
12/27/2010
Manic Monday - Runners must sound like total nutcases to non-runners...
12/25/2010
Merry Christmas!
12/24/2010
The night before Christmas
12/23/2010
Three Things Thursday
1. With The Calf feeling slightly better I'm slowly easing back into running longer distances again. Adding miles to my runs every couple of days. The PT adviced me to add one mile at a time and to listen to The Calf. If it's painfree on a run, it's okay. If it's not, I should not add an extra mile on the next run. That it's slippery outside doesn't really help the pain, but does help strenghten my muscles.
2. Since I'm out on the road again (although not at the mileage pre calf strain yet, but still), I have completely fallen in love with Buff scarves! I already used those for skiing, but apparently they are also great for running! Great way to keep your head and neck warm in these chilly temps!
12/22/2010
Wacky Wednesday: Inspirational running quotes
12/21/2010
Throwback Tuesday! - The Sorority Years and Why I should stay away from fire...period
The Sorority Years
12/20/2010
Push 'Repeat'!
12/19/2010
Canicross in fresh powder - The "Can you say instant happiness?" post
12/17/2010
How to train for an ultramarathon, or 'How not to' - my 78K training schedule
Want to know what the schedule is? Here you go!
12/16/2010
Three Gifts Thursday - The 'Santa, baby' post
Been an awful good girl
12/15/2010
Are they just trying to sell me those bulky stability shoes? - The 'Stability Shoe' debate
12/14/2010
This is an intervention!
We've been your faithful companions for almost 28 years now. And although we're quite funny shaped (too long, way too long), we've always been happy to have you as a 'human'. You might even say that we loved bragging about you. You always took good care of us. And we smelled nice.
However, some time around January of this year (2010, in case you don't remember), that changed. And we're not talking 'started painting her toenails black' changed. No, our 'human' decided to pick up running as a hobby. Let's just say that it went downhill from there...
The running was bad enough. Callous all over the place. Toenails growing yellow and falling off. Not to mention the smell. But we could cope with that. I'm not saying we were happy campers. No, definitely not. But we were willing to give you your 'moment'. Honestly, we were just waiting for this 'thing' to pass, and for you to sell your running shoes and start wearing heels again.
You made it pretty clear to us that that was not going to happen. You know how we feel about that.
And now you've added swimming to your training schedule. You just had to hit that pool, didn't you? The running alone triggered us enough as it is, but you had to stretch that torture as far as you could.
The straw that breaks the camel's back...
So, consider this an intervention. We've had it! Things will have to change!
These are our demands:
- weekly pedicures;
- at least 2 rest days per week;
- every run will be followed by a foot rub;
- the same goes for every swim;
- every time a toenail tends to fall off, you'll contact your GP about this.
In case you did not give in to these demands by 1 AM next Friday, we will go on strike. How about that, Silly Girl?
12/13/2010
How not to run the Swiss Alpine Marathon 2011
So, does anyone know where to buy 'How to avoid bad encounters with wild animals?'. Might come in handy, since I plan on spending more time on the trails. ;)
Did you ever 'run into' a wild animal on one of your runs?
12/10/2010
The joy of Dutch Winter cuisine - Split pea soup with sausages
- pork chops (10 oz)
3. Remove the pork chops, sausages and bay leaf. Slice the pork chops and sausages and add to the soup again. Season the soup.
12/09/2010
Three Things Thursday
Imagine my excitement when Amy told me about these! One teeny tiny problem: there are so many great designs on that website! Impossible to pick just one!
http://sillygirlrunning.blogspot.com/2010/12/wednesday-market.html
Update: both of the skirts are taken! Thanks! :)