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The good news is that today I ran without a jacket! For the first time in a long time, it was warm enough for only three shirts (two thermal) and two pants (one thermal)! Okay, that doesn’t sound like that great news actually.

Over to the bad news now then. My knee has been painful since the half a marathon, so two weeks ago I though I’d be smart and give myself a break of more than a week. Now I’ve run three times since that rest, and I have to admit it still bothers me. So hereby, I am committing to two full weeks of no running. Why am I saying it on LiveNews? Because then it’s public, I’ll really have to now. And the Nike+ thingy is hanging in the LiveNews window, so I can be checked on. If you see any more distances change on there, please find within yourself your most fatherly or motherly tone and e-mail me, telling me to stop that immediately. Thanks!

But then I stand there, before coming out, music pounding, people watching, and I notice I am sweating. And it’s not warm. All this tough talk about how easy it is, but in the end I am still a wussy on a runway.

Today I have to go to Milan for something I have done before, but which has never stopped surprising me. I have to go to Milan to practice a fashion show. Now, I know models don’t have the reputation of being the brightest bulbs in the chandelier, but this is pushing it! Placing one foot in front of the other, commonly known as walking, in a straight line until the end is reached (the end is signalled by a wall of cameras pointing at you like you just got targeted by 200 snipers who didn’t hide that well), which is the point where you turn around and retrace your steps. Don’t fall off. Don’t hit walls.  I’d say most 2 year olds could pull it off on the first try. Yet here I go, 26 years old, practicing walking. You got to love all those TV shows where they try to convince you that being a model is a hard job.

It’s been done in a minimal amount of time, so not quite perfect or polished, but just a quick impression of a special experience, the half a marathon on the last day of last year.

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We did it! We both ran half a marathon. It was a very, very tough and great experience. We were in Kampen and we had to run 7 laps through a park there. The first round I ran with my brother, then from there we both grabbed our own speed. It was cold, but okay the first few rounds, but then the wind and snow started to really hit hard. My knees were killing me and my ankle was struggling a little bit because of a little snowslip in the beginning but I made it to the finish line. I hope at some point when we’re back in Italy to upload a few pictures where it’s possible to see how enthusiastic we were in the beginning, and how beat up we were in the end. 1 hour and 48 minutes after I started, I finished. I could hardly walk the two days after that but it was worth it. Today is the first day since then that I am considering running again, since we legs finally feel normal again. It was a special day, to run half a marathon with your brother, while a few people you care deeply about are watching and supporting you, I will remember that. Now I’m going to run a bit shorter distances for a while