First outdoor run of the season

I have to admit, I'm more of a treadmill girl than an outdoor running kinda girl. Mostly because I don't like being cold and I seem to always live in places where it gets cold. But obviously this race I've signed up for means I'm going to have to run outside so I better get used to it!


So on Sunday I decided to try my luck at running around Vondelpark. Last time I tried this was September last year and I made it half the way around before I had to come back home because I was shattered. You can imagine my surprise when I made it around the park not once, not twice but THREE times on Sunday morning! I even have proof, in case you don't believe me ;)

http://nikeplus.nike.com/plus/activity/running/detail/2018057458?external_share_id=A514AB00-BB84-4F5D-8DEB-315C63219F8E

I must say I was very happy with that result. It was lovely weather for it and I wasn't even that tired afterwards. But it wasn't all fun and joy - my right foot cramped up again (I don't know what that's about, I really hope it's not the new shoes). I also got a stitch during the second lap but I ran through both issues coz I'm hardcore. Also, I almost ate a very large insect that decided to fly straight into my mouth on the home stretch. I'm glad I managed to spit it out within a nano-second of it getting in my mouth because it was big enough to probably have been some sort of bee. Not cool.


This week we're going to Turkey and I'm still debating whether to take my running gear with me. I'm not sure about this working-out-while-on-vacation business but if Liz and Marc are taking theirs... Ahh, we'll see!


Laterz ladies!