A couple of months ago I started working together with Jan Douma - who happened to become like family to me, by the way. When we met, he asked what were my professional goals and without hesitating, I answered: "I want to run, help people and be around dogs". At one of our (many) brainstorm sessions, the idea of a running group for people with their dogs emerged. I had already been working with people and dogs for a while when in Brazil, but never with a group. And putting to

I remember the first time I went out for a run. It was March 2008, I was getting ready for a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu National Championship and my Sensei suggested me to do it so I did it. I (and everyone else) though I was in pretty good shape, but I couldn't run for more than 10 minutes in a row - and just hated it. That intrigued me so I started running regularly. It's not that I was enjoying it, but I've always been that kind of person who is good at every sport - and I couldn

Yesterday we went to Appelscha - a nearby village - for a 26Km trail run promoted by Run Forest Run (www.runforestrun.nl). The route was awesome (who had the stupid/amazing idea about the stairs at the end?!?!?), but pretty tuff for me - who experienced running in the snow for the very first time!!! I have the impression that my body is still not really used to this cold stuff and waste a lot of energy trying to keep warm - and didn't really find a balance yet. Anyway, well i

Ainda que frio e com chuva, no primeiro km, tudo ótimo. Afinal de contas eu estava lá para correr minha primeira trail run e, além disso, cumprir a maior distância que já fiz até hoje. No km 5, finalmente aquecida, percebi que nem vi o tempo passar. Provavelmente porque estava super ocupada desviando das pedras, galhos e poças. Ou, é claro, cuidando pra não perder o tênis ao afundar o pé na lama every now and then... Lá pelo km 10, lembrei que até o mês passado não corria mai