Monday, February 10, 2014

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.

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Happy Feet NL features : The Mermaid Club - #livelifemakewaves

The MermaidClub ~
I must be a mermaid, I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living
Anaïs Nin
The Mermaid Club* launched their website yesterday!

The Mermaid Club aims to inspire and motivate women who participate in all aspects of fitness including biking, running, swimming to just moving your fins! We are an online global community for women who think big, make things happen, inspire others and seek a sense of accomplishment and achievement in all we do in every day life. (quoted from the website)

 Happy Feet in the Netherlands is a proud ambassador of #TMC*! #livelifemakewaves

 In celebration of HFNL joining a "fintastic" mermaid revolution - baby pedals to try the TRI - #TMC will be featured here in a series of blogs.


The first in the series is  #TMC giveaways hosted by HFNL !


The second in the series will be a feature of #TMC's founder Helena Redshaw aka @Running_Mermaid, whom I met via Twitter in the last weeks of training for Berlin Marathon,which she ran in 2012, the same year I did.




And the third will be a feature of the three winners of the #TMC giveaway.


Follow this #TMC blog series for inspiration, motivation and a sneak peak on the fun as @HappyFeetNL makes baby paddles towards trying for the TRI!

What more you have a chance to be the next proud owner of an exclusive #TMC shirt & exclusive swimming cap!

Men can participate as well; earn the
#TMC beauties for the beautiful mermaid of your life!

3 #TMC shirts to giveaway, 3 #TMC swimming caps & 3 different ways to win them!

1. Share a picture/(s) what makes your feet active, happy & strong on HFNL & #TMC social media channels -

Happy Feet NL FB Page
@HappyFeetNL Twitter channel
The Mermaid Club FB Page
@themermaidclub Twitter channel
The Mermaid Club - Instagram

tag it with #livelifemakewaves #happyfeetheavenlyfins
Selection of winner via #TMC founder/followers

training & running a marathon makes my feet happy and strong!

2. Join the #MorningMilers event.

Share on the event page a picture of what you do to motivate yourself to have an active morning; post it on the event page HFNL & #TMC social media channels -

Happy Feet NL FB Page
@HappyFeetNL Twitter channel
The Mermaid Club FB Page
@themermaidclub Twitter channel
The Mermaid Club - Instagram

tag it with #livelifemakewaves #MorningMilers
Selection of winner via #HFNL followers



3. Join the #Running4Badges event. 


Share on the event page a picture along your run & a screenshot of your  running stats via a running app (Nike+, Garmin etc); post it on the event page HFNL & #TMC social media channels -

Happy Feet NL FB Page
@HappyFeetNL Twitter channel
The Mermaid Club FB Page
@themermaidclub Twitter channel
The Mermaid Club - Instagram

tag it with #livelifemakewaves #Running4Badges

Selection of winner via earning of 3 badges* (badges are earned after completing running related tasks)

*please check out details on the event page

All winners will be announced on the 20.03!