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Spreading a little Christmas cheer…

Want to give cancer a swift kick in the face and discover my city via my December runs? For every donation of at least $5 to my LIVESTRONG fundraising page (http://laf.livestrong.org/goto/henrike), I...

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New Year’s Eve 3.28k recovery run

This is a mural in our neighborhood – I’ve never seen anyone stop and really look at it, which is too bad. For me it’s just one example of finding ordinary sparkling moments in our everyday lives… and...

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First run of 2012 (rain, headwinds & smiles)

Happy New Year, everyone! Just a reminder: during my training runs I will post pictures of our sights, so you’ll discover Oldenburg from a runner’s perspective. If you think it’s worth a donation to...

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Leaving footprints of HOPE…

Want to support LIVESTRONG with a donation and receive a custom-made t-shirt? Well here’s your chance… there are two designs (one with a footprint, one without). These are my fundraising t-shirt for...

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Second fundraising shirt (benefiting LIVESTRONG)

LIVESTRONG leaders who’ll be at the Assembly in March only: we’re having a ‘special edition’ for 2012 LS leaders (with “Spreading the message of HOPE & SURVIVORSHIP around the world” + a list of...

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My First Ever Half Marathon …

First of all, and most importantly, I would like to say THANK YOU to each and every one of you who supported my Austin Half experience (whether it was via a donation, by supporting me to make it to...

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LIVESTRONG Assembly… and more from the Canvas Project

Due to a knee injury, I’m still on hiatus from running, so I thought I’d write a little bit about attending the LIVESTRONG Assembly. Photo Credit: Kreutz Photography At the end of March, a group of...

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Benefiting LIVESTRONG…

I’m raffling off one LIVESTRONG package this coming month, so if you donate to my LIVESTRONG fundraising page (http://laf.livestrong.org/goto/survivor) from now until June 30th, you get one chance to...

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Walking a full half marathon

I’m WALKING a full Half Marathon in February (and if that weren’t crazy enough, I’m going to do it during what most likely will be freezing temperatures, wearing my Team LIVESTRONG gear and my yellow...

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YOU are the LIVESTRONG Foundation

Let me start off by thanking YOU for your contributions towards my LIVESTRONG Austin Half Marathon fundraising goal! Collectively, we’ve raised $1525 for the LIVESTRONG Foundation, which means 20...

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Wear Your Support!

Here’s the flyer for our 2013 fundraising t-shirt collection. Please feel free to share with anyone you know who might be interested. There are shirts for all 3 LIVESTRONG Challenges (Davis, Philly...

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My 2014 Birthday Project to spread kindness & joy

For those of you who don’t know me all that well: January is my birthday month, so this year, instead of gifts, I ask(ed) people to do something for others. I thought about 2013 and how it had been a...

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Kindness Project Ripple Effect

When I thought of some small way to make a difference on my birthday, I though maybe a couple of my friends would join me… you can’t imagine the smile on my face, that’s getting larger each day,...

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And so it begins…

My first (of 36) random act of kindness this month was/is something that might sound a bit strange. I believe that you cannot be kinder to someone else, if you don’t start with yourself, so that’s what...

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