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Bezig met laden... Every. Single. Day.: Unstoppable Wisdom from a Year of Running (editie 2018)door Julie van Amerongen (Auteur)
Informatie over het werkEvery. Single. Day.: Unstoppable Wisdom from a Year of Running door Julie van Amerongen
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Like all of us these days, I'm too busy to exercise, and yet I managed to run Every.Single.Day. for a year--and believe me, if I can do it, you can do it too! We all know there are simple things we could and should be doing on a daily basis to help us live better lives. We should drink more water, eat better, get lots of sleep, and exercise. Right? But that's easier said than done! After trying a series of 30-day challenges to varying degrees of success, Julie van Amerongen found her tribe in an amazing community of runners known as streakers (no, not the ones who take their clothes off!) who run Every.Single.Day. without fail. She became hooked. Getting out the door every day is challenging for anyone, yet somehow, Julie managed to squeeze running in no matter where life took her--to multiple states and countries, in snow and on sand, while hungry and full, drunk or hungover, and well...everywhere. By turns intimate, funny, relatable, and inspirational, Julie peppers her adventures with insights how and why she has kept on running every day and how you (yes, you) can too. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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I hate reading diary and journal entries, so I really didn't care for this style of writing. I would have preferred a narrative, but I do understand why the book was written this way. However some things were particularly annoying. One was the unending #winning references that wasn't even clever or funny in 2011, and is even less so now. The other that I distinctly remember was when in one entry Julie mentions giving up alcohol many years ago, and literally the next entry talks about how hard it was to go running because she had drank too much, which repeats many times. (If drinking makes it hard to go running, maybe don't drink so much?)
Also I found it amusing how hard of a time Julie had running in Chicago. Imagine living here all the time. The fact that any of us manage to run or walk in January and February of every year is a minor miracle. I found it hard to listen to Julie's complaints about winter in Portland.
However there were some nuggets of inspiration in here. 2021 was my year to get back into shape. My goals are less specific though. 100 miles per month (either running or walking), and enough running to keep me in shape for 2 half marathons a year. (Did my first half in ten years on Labor Day weekend in 2021.) Personally, I can't do all-or-nothing goals like a running streak. My personality type does not do well with absolutes like that. I need flexibility. Besides, the amount of pressure that mounts when the streak gets longer and longer... that, to me, takes the enjoyment out. At a certain point are you doing it because you're healthy and enjoy it, or because you feel a certain amount of pressure that you have to?
I guess what I left with is a feeling that "just" a mile isn't nothing, and to go out and do a little is better than doing nothing. That's helpful to hear. But the rest of the book? Meh... read it if you'd like a little inspiration, but don't expect much. (