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Friday, February 3, 2012

Running in Winter: dress like an onion!

Both as a mom, and as a runner, I firmly believe in the Danish saying: 'There is no such thing as bad weather. There's only bad clothing!'

Children's wear in Winter

So I bought lots of thermal wear for the kids, and invested heavily in mittens and heavy woollen shawls. Especially now, that we're living in the country, their regular winter wear didn't do the trick anymore.

From our previous home, I walked the kids to school. And my eldest kids only had a 20 minute bike ride to get to school. Their clothing just wasn't warm enough for longer distances.

I'm pleased to report the adjustments to their clothes worked! They're not complaining about the cold. Only about their stupid mom, making them wear thermal wear.

I'm dressing like an onion

As a runner the cold gives me pause: I definitely don't want to dress too chilly, but too hot is just as bad. Since all the running literature emphasizes the importance of layering, I decided to dress like an onion!

So this is what I wore this morning:

thermal tank top
thermal tights
running pants from H&M
hardlooptrui van Kruidvat
Adidas bodywarmer
Running jacket with sleevves
and of course a woolen hat, mittens, and a shawl.

It took me about half an hour to get dressed, but I was neither to hot, nor too cold! So it worked.

Does the weather influence your running plans?
How do you adjust your clothing to the weather?

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Country road, take me home!

The school run has never been more beautiful! The shadow, down in the right corner, is my ten year old son!

Wordless Wednesday

Monday, January 30, 2012

Cross training against the muddy odds

Now that we have bid our practical town house farewell, and exchanged it for a farmhouse in the country, I am no longer in the position to do the school run by walking. My logistical house of cards has crumbled!

The new school is a two mile walk, which takes too long, so we ride our bikes to school. And since january the 9th, the first day at the new school, we've encountered all kinds of weather. I remember especially the pouring rain that changed the nostalgic country roads into swirling pools of mud. I have never had to work so hard to stay on a bike!

All that hard work reminded me of the most ridiculous sport I know: spinning. I love the part in the Bridget Jones' movie where Rene Zellwegger stumbles off her bike, and immediately falls down. The same thing happened to me when I took my first, and last, spinning class.

When you compare it to spinning, biking along a muddy dirt path doesn't seem so bad. At least I'm getting somewhere! Besides, it's a great opportunity to bond with the kids, and build their characters. Biking through the mud requires effort and determination!

Do you do cross training?
If so, what kind?

Enjoy this fragment from Bridget Jones