English episode - Lauren Høivik is my friend and colleague and we went to London last weekend with 8 other friends to run the London Marathon. Lauren grew up in the Detroit and says she was quit chubby and she tells the story of how she grew up hating all activities except one, ice skating. She would make up excuses in gym class, so that she did not have to participate. At college she got interested in aerobics and signed up for an aerobic instructor course. She got hired at her local gym and thought aerobics.  She tells the story of how she ended up in Norway and how her life has become very active. Laurens instagram is full of work out tips. We talk about the 2 minutes workouts videos she has made, to help inspire those who don´t find the time to work out much. I asked her about the NYC half marathon entry and she explain how 6 virtual races had to be finished to get an entry. One virtuell race was a full marathon - she had never run one before… She pushed her self to make the challenges and was able to run the half marathon!Hear her story of how she went from running 5 km to 42km. Starting to believe in herself as a runner, when others already did. Running makes us confident, and this has helped Lauren as well. AND… of course we talk about London marathon Expo, start area and toilet tips (could not help ourselves here), the course, runners in costumes, finish line and medals. Discussing if something was missing in London Marathon, that we have experienced at other big marathons.  Next up for Lauren is «Jentejoggen» in Lillestrøm, a 9 km race for women, low key run for everyone (with an after party). Berlin Marathon in September 2024 and aiming for a fast 10 km race this year.Ad/reklame - https://www.tailwindnutrition.no/butikk/You can find Lauren´s Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/laurren_h/Social media for the podcast and me here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/jakte_endorfiner_podcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/jakte.endorfiner.podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/nina_bellesen_thoresen/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Jakte Endorfiner is a podcast by Nina Bellesen Thoresen  Produced by Nina Bellesen Thoresen  Edited by Nina Bellesen Thoresen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.