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I am an Irish girl living in Amsterdam I write about running and about life in Holland. I have signed up for the New York City Marathon 2009 so that will come up pretty often in my posts.
Recent Posts
This is that fresh feeling
I had promised myself on Friday that the weekend should not pass without a run, and I happy to report that I managed 10km Sunday morning. I followed our old route around the Sloterplas, a solid 10. I was on my own since The Man was off playing foot...
Fitting the run in
That’s what I’m trying to do at the moment, just get back running. I only managed one run this week a 6.7 km at work. Weather this week has been very windy, rainy and cold in Holland, and it’s not easy being a runner. On top of th...
Out of action
I turned 28 the week before last. I ‘m pretty happy with what kind of 28 year old I am- not panicking about getting old or that it takes a shorter amount of time now to find a grey hair. It was nice to get my marathon medal before turning 28, ...
My New York City Marathon
I’ve run the New York City Marathon, and more than that I did it in a time I can be proud of and I managed to enjoy myself for about 90% of the time. So let’s get the time out of the way, final official time was 04:30:22. We ran a very ...
New York City Marathon bib bumber 32884
My bib number for the New York City Marathon reminds me of the old phone numbers where I grew up. It’s one of those numbers that seems to mean everything to you at a moment in time and then sinks into obscurity afterward. Like my student numb...
When I’m not running
I’m not just running. I write here about running, but for a change I’ll not talk about the run we had last night in the dark and windy Sloterplas and instead thread together a few pieces of my other interests. Here goes: I’m not...
