Brooks running shoes

Hey fitfam
I hope you are enjoying your weekend as much as I do. Todays post is about my new running shoes. YEAH!
Yesterday I was on the road for new running shoes and as I always bought my shoes at the Freelanders shop in a shopping mall called Belle Etoile I went there to do my shopping. Arrived at the shop I was looking what kind of outdoor running shoes they have. Oasics, Nike, Mizuno and Brooks. The customer was very friendly and helped me to find the perfect pair of shoes for my feet. I wanted a pair which I can use in the woods and for asphalt runs as I already have my fitness Nikes.
I tried on 3 pairs. 
1st Nike and I didn´t like them at all, it felt kind of weird like I was wearing brick on my feet. Haha Conclusion: NO. 
2nd Oasics , they squeezed my feet way to much. 
3rd was a brand called Brooks I´ve never heard of.
They are not cheap but as I wanted something that holds and supported my feet I decided that I ll chose Brooks running shoes. They feel so comfy! Check out their page and click here!!!

And here they are

This morning I decided to go for a run and try my new babies.
It was really cold and it started to rain and it was snowing a little while I was running but I continued. I made a 5km but it wasn´t my best run at all. But hey I felt good after the workout and I didn´t give up.
I love my new brook shoes. They are very comfy and the gel attenuations are great! My feet didn´t sweat at all the even felt like there enters fresh air. .I ll use them for the ING Marathon in May. I really have to train harder but I know that once I am all in I can´t stop. The new shoes give me new motivation! And as you know I love pink so the new brooks fit perfectly to my other fitness stuff. They are the most expensive running shoes I ever bought! 160euros but when you have a membercard of the Freelanders shop you get 6% so they cost 150,40euros.

So I can really recommend you brooks running shoes. Here you get some informations.

Less is more than nothing

Hi there!
Well finally my semester is over, today I wrote my last exam and now I only have to rewrite a paper about Miltiades but thats okay.
Sooooo.
HELLO HOLIDAYS.
Now I finally got enough time to workout! & I ll do that on friday morning! Yeah.
But during my exams I didn't always have the time to go to the gym especially when I am in Luxembourg because I don't have a fitness membercard here.
I was learning for my exams, it made me kind of nervous that I couldn't workout...
As I was staying home on sunday to study but after several hours I just wanted to go outside. But it was already 5 o'clock and it would be dark quite soon I couldn't go for a run in the woods.

You have to know that when I was a kid I spend every day hours playing or walking in the woods with my dad. He loves the woods and nature as much as I do.
LUCKY ME!  I asked him if we would go for a walk?
& I know my dad he always says yes when it comes to a walk in the woods.
So I took my fancy pants, my polar, my nikes with 1kg weights for each side and my phone with the runtastic app.
READY TO GO!
We made a long walk across the village and the woods. My dad is always happy when he knows how far he always walks when I am not home. So we always take another way.
Even if it was just a walk I appreciate! It is always better to do a little workout than nothing ;) & as my dad isn't in his 30anymore ;) I ll not push him to much! But sometimes I do. SORRY dad but I know thay you are happy when you did something.

So we walked 7,27km in 1:39 hrs. Uphill & downhill.

With this post just wanted to show you that I think it is important to do walks or workouts with you family. <3

Fit couple

Hey sweeties!
I know I ve been  absent the last weeks but I ve been so busy! I had to learn for some important exams & I even made my fitness workouts at home! But now, I finally have semester holidays! Yeah only one exam on wednesday to go! Wish me luck!

Today I got some news for you which make me very happy. My boyfriend & me we booked our next holiday trip together with his best friend and his girlfriend! So dam dam daaaaam
Keep calm we are going to Albufeira in Portugal! OMG it is way to long to wait but I have no choice. I am so excited because I have never been there & we leave in the morning after my birthday so could there possibly be a better present? Noooo ;)

So summer 2k15 here we go! But my boyfriend decided that he wants to have a nice body for the beach so his plans are: eat healthier, more fitness & swimming. I am so happy, cause now we can work out together & I am not alone anymore. YEAAAH! For both of us there is additionally much more motivation when we can work out together. So on saturday we made our first small couple workout in the evening. We went swimming and we decided that we will swim for at least 3 times a week.

So what I want to tell you is grab your boyfriends and girlfriends and start working out together & Happy Valentines day! :*

New tights review

Hey fitfam,

I was looking for new tights but as I don´t have that much money at the moment to buy some new fancy nike stuff I was looking for something pretty cool and cheap. Then I found on the lovely instagram account of----> pia_fit03 <----an picture of awesome pink tights. I asked her where she bought them and the answer was H&M so I went immediately to the store and bought them. 

The other day I had to test them and I have to tell you as they only cost 20euros I am quite happy they are very comfy. They keep my legs warm and they look fancy. Another important thing for me is that they don´t slip up/down and as they are high waist they fit perfectly. I tested them while doing 10km on the stepper and afterwards a little leg session.

Test: passed 

They fit to my shoes and all my other fitness stuff so I am happy that I bought them.

Vegan blueberry muffins

Hey peps well todays post is something yummi and healthy.
I had one of my " I wanna bake something and try my new flower & heart silicon molds right now" days. So I was thinking which cookies or muffins I love but aren't so healthy. I chose Blueberry muffins. I found a vegan recipe but I didn't like it that much so dam daaaaam I changed it. I took the two molds and made additionally 6 blueberry muffins so the recipe is for about 12 muffins.So here we go.

For about 12 muffins you need:

• 175 gr shredded oats
• 50 gr spelt flour
• 3-4 Tsp stevia
• 1 1/2 Tsp baking soda
• 1/2 Tsp vanilla
• 150 ml soy milk / almond milk
• 125 gr blueberries or strawberries
• 1 Tsp unsweetened cocoa powder (if you want marbled muffins)
• 1-2 Tsp Some fresh lemon juice 

 Preparation:
1. mix all the ingredients (except the blueberries) and stir them
2 .add softly the blueberries
3. heat your oven to 190°
4. bake your muffins for about 10-15 min.

story of a fighter

Todays post is all about how I started with sports.

When I was 9 I started athletics and here I have to thank my best friend Valerie. She was the reason why I started. As we were best friends we wanted to spend more time together and she was already in the team so she said: Well I ll take you to a training session and if you like it you can start too. And so it was I was fascinated from the very beginning! My mum bought me my running colthes and I started to train. But first I had to ask my pneumologist  as I suffer from very strong asthma. He only said yes under one condition:

If once in a run I´d have an asthma attack I must stopp immediately.

Carole, my Best friend Valerie &on the right me

 Haha guys look at my shoes OMG this was one of my very very fisrt competition.

 When I started I never believed that I would become a good athlet / runner. In my first year I did well but in my second I was in a beast mode. While the crosses in winter the badest placement I made was 4th but still 3rd Luxemburgish runner. So I did great and earned some medal which I stil have hanginh in my room. But never won... but it wasn´t that important to me. I had so much fun and it was my passion I was heart over head all in.

Then I my 3rd year I was asked to join the National Athletics Team. I was so happy and of course I said yes! So first I had to pass a test (it was to go to a sportschool but I failed...I didn´t got in, I missed 9 points) but they accepted me in the National Team. I joined the middle distance runner afterwards I changed to the sprinter team. I trained every day of the week. monday at school, tuesday with the national team, wednesday I lifted weights with my athletics tea and on thursday I trained at the stadium with the team Friday again a training with the national team, saturday I had running sessions with another team I was in called ´Runningteam´ and  Sunday oh Sunday was again lifting weights. So i have to say I lived for this! 

But it wasn´t always that easy I had a knee injury for  8 months. I think this was the most horrible thing ever. The docs didn´t know what to do so I had to take a break. No more trainings, fitness sessions and races even at school I was only allowed to go swimming so I went swimming like 3-4 times a week !. But I haven´t been a middle distance runner I also became a good hurdler and did well. I LOVED IT. (I was so passionated that I did training sessions of 3hrs, I often was the last one who left the stadium)

But sadly I left the national team because my trainer didn´t motivate me, he even told me that I wasn´t good (haha well why the hell was I in the team? ) But I went my own way and reached what I wanted without him. After 7 years I had to stop because my team wasn´t the same anymore, trainers left and all this wasn´t the same anymore. But I regularly went for a run and played basketball in a team haha. I am definetly not able to play in a team.

I can tell you I had a lots of asthma attacks and even fainted once in a race but I got my damn ass up and ended it. Even my trainer once wanted to take me out of a race because it pushed myself to my limits that my mum though if I wouldn´t stopp immediatly Iwould be hospitalized but I pushed my trainer away & didn´t stop. I never ever gave up on one race.

Since April 2014 I go to the gym and never felt better!

Gym <3

Instagram

Today´s post is half sporty half lazy. It is about Instagram
I joined this network in April 2014 as @laurasusi1408
Why did I choose this name? Well, I took the same name  as my blog so it is much more easy for you to remind yourself of my name
First I felt a bit weird about such an account because I didn´t know what shoul I post? Food? Selfies? Random stuff? and all these hashtags OMG everybody used so many hashtags an I was like: What should I tag? But I got on well quite quickly. I was looking for nice accounts and nice persons with a lot of yummi ideas for healthy cooking and lifestyle stuff like: Fitness or any sporty things. And I found some great accounts. Which I ll present you later in this post.
If you wanna have many followers on instagram you have to invest time because followers don´t come easy it is all about liking and commenting and having a great account. BUT I can tell you when you once started with instagram you gonna check out all these new inspiring posts of you followers / abonnents regularly. Eh like every hour *hihi* 
I am always looking for some new motivation (but I am person that is quite quickly motivated to hit the gym)

I made a top 9 of my favorite accounts
 From left to right.

1. lifting_fairy 
is a NAC bikini athlete, she is just amazing! She got such a fighting spirit!

2. eckersamantha 
always cooks delivious food so hurry up I swear you will find some new cooking inspiration

3. cariiin.a 
is a passionated runner and clean eater, she is always on track!

4. kerrkaleandcacao 
a british beauty who shares yummi food and great looks with us

5. kathyonherway 
is a food lover too, she loves doing mugcakes so if you got a microwave try one of her mugcakes recipes

6. reneenicole_fit 
is an amazing bikini competitor I am dreaming of looking like her! 

7. anniskk 
posts colorful and delicious meals and I just love her vintage pics

8. flouwelsch 
 is a great basketball player and fitness freak

9. clairshess 
is doing great, she hits the gym everyday and is on her way looking hot as hell. She stays focused and I am happy to see her progress!