Every Blog is A Beginning : Revisiting Zandvoort Circuit Run & Off to New Adventures!

This post is the 2nd entry to the blog series Every Blog is A Beginning...

A motivational poster
from Karen Salmansohn, an author I admire,
& a beautiful soul I take inspiration from

The motivational poster above has been my Facebook Cover for the last 3 weeks.  Empowering words I have kept repeating to counteract many negative thoughts, which arises every time I spur the prick of my Morton's Neuroma.

The words "Never Give Up" has been very effective not only in empowering my running spirit but over all in my daily life. :) 

In the running front the "Never Give Up" spirit has this year given me my 4th running bling!

My second Zandvoort Circuit Run bling.
Ran yet again a 5K in the 7th year of this event, like I did for the first time 2 years ago.

The day was fantastic (tomorrow a blog recap of the race)! Beautiful weather, and most importantly beautiful spirit all around.

Happily showing my family my Zandvoort Circuit Run medal.
Around my wrist is a Protector Bracelet from Kelly of Lunatik Athletiks.
Story behind it is in the blog:
2013: A Year of Thanks. A Positive Year.
Today, I wore the bracelet to help me focus on my goal of simply having fun on the run.

My family came along to cheer for me. Their presence in the race events have become rare as my running years accumulate, and for this reason each time they are there, it is more special.

Love this photo which the oldest took.
Without mijn liefste P, my running experiences would be less colourful. :) ♡

I treasure these moments!

What's next?!

Stick around this week for a whole lot of updates! :)

Mad Mud Challenge!

Never say never!

This is something I learned, which makes life more adventurous and interesting.

Sometimes you look for adventure, and at other times it finds you.

Both happened to me last week! I re-tweeted a tweet for a run I was interested in running to give my marathon fixated mind a break and my blogging mind new inspiration.  The organizer of the run contacted me, and invited me to be one of their ambassadors, and form my own team for the event.

In Spring, I'm going to participate in Muddy Mates' Mud Run Challenge (19th of April); it is a 5K run through 12 challenging military inspired obstacles!!!!!!!!!

You can check out the website for more details, like their FB page, and follow them on Twitter @MuddyMates for updates. 

Please feel free to also ask questions via comment on this blog.

I'll be sharing in my next blog, how I am mentally and physically preparing myself for my first ever obstacle run! Plus my first impressions of each obstacle and how I plan to tackle each one of them with my team.

Speaking of team! My plan is to invite 2 of my running friends to be a part of Happy Feet NL team, and 1 lucky follower  (exclusive offer for followers in the Netherlands, or those who will be in the Netherlands in the weekend of the event) can get a chance to join us! What do you have to do?

Share with us a picture of why running in the mud would be fun for you.  Post it on Happy Feet in the Netherlands FB page  and on Twitter with hashtags #HappyFeet #MuddyMates.  Don't forget to tag @MuddyMates & @HappyFeetNL on Twitter.