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I RAN & I RAN & THEN I RAN SOME MORE……….

I ran in New York and I ran in Los Angeles, I ran in Boston, Philadelphia, London, Paris, Milan and Prague. I ran when it was -17C and grew icicles of sweat from my eyebrows. I ran in +33C when it felt like I was breathing in dry sand. I ran at midnights after flying in late from work, I ran in the darkness way too often, tired and jetlagged. I ran during snowstorms, thunderstorms and lightening storms. I ran amazing races with NYRR, I ran the Central Park loop more than I can remember. All this, in the last 5 months, I just ran, no matter what!

I had difficult times; my knees were giving up on me, the pain kept me up at nights. I once ended up in a hospital with minor internal bleeding caused by complete body exhaustion, but my black toes were the real heart breakers.

However, they have all been amazing times. I loved running for charities during my New York races, I felt so special. I felt like a winner the moment I first reached the 30-kilometer mark. I was in such a great mood and felt so positive throughout the whole process. I got surprised all over again at how much my body can do. I just ran, I could almost hear, ‘My Jenny’ whispering in my ear, “Run, Adela, run.” So I ran.

May 12, 2014 0 comment

MARATHON #modelruns

I think Christopher McDougall, author of the bestselling book ‘Born To Run’, captures it brilliantly: “…running unites our two most primal impulses: fear and pleasure. We run when we’re scared, we run when we’re ecstatic, we run away from our problems and run around for a good time”.

I can honestly say I’ve ran for all these reasons at points in my life, but I can promise you that at my first Marathon, I’ll be feeling ecstatic and running for a good time and a sense of achievement. I’ll be absorbed in the moment, because this is what it’s all about, FUN and ADVENTURE.

May 9, 2014 0 comment

Sending lots of love from Prague!

I’m sending greetings and lots of love from Prague! I’m back with my family and feel like I have love to share. So here you go….

It’s been crazy few days (I definitely need to pick a new word for crazy, it’s starting to loose its meaning), but also quite restful as I didn’t have my regular New York schedule, I didn’t have to get up at 3am or 4am every day, or 5am on weekends.

I always forget how beautiful Prague and the Czech republic are, or at least I’m reminded of it every time I come back, which unfortunately hasn’t been more than 3-4 days a year for the past 5 years.

May 8, 2014 0 comment

Hotel Series: citizenM, New York

The promised citizenM hotel experience is here, yet another amazing addition to my ‘Hotel Series’.

Strange as it may seem, travelling so much, it’s quiet often that I wake up in the middle of the night with no recollection where I am. Country, city, it doesn’t matter, it’s the same problem, I have no idea how my room is laid out or where the bathroom is, which can get a little tricky when you really need it in the middle of the night. So tired, so jet lagged, all I want to do is go back to sleep, yet I can’t figure out where the bloody bathroom is and finding my way back, even trickier!

You get it yeah? I’ve had my share of staying in hotels all around the world. I’m sure that many of you can relate?

When Modellist-ID approached me about trying out a new hotel in Manhattan, the city where I actually live, I was a bit unsure. My mattress at home is the comfiest on Earth and I know very well, the route to and from my bathroom, a huge plus!

May 8, 2014 0 comment

Goodbye New York!

Well it’s a crazy day as usual in Capova world. I’m heading to Prague this evening to do a few great photo shoots, but mostly to RUN THE MARATHON! I’m so ecstatic, words can’t even describe it but I’m also terrified at the same time!

Before heading to JFK at 3pm today, I’ve got a lot on my ‘to do list’, yes another bloody list! Firstly I have a shoot with the amazing Gail Hadani on the Upper East Side, I’m so excited to work with this incredible photographer, more on that soon!

Fingers crossed that I won’t miss my flight, I’ve trained too hard for that!

Adios New York!

Comfy as usual for such a mad day followed by an overnight flight, so I can finally get some sleep……

Rag & Bone boots, Habitual jeans, Helmut Lang blazer, Alexander McQueen pashmina scarf, Dolce&Gabbana Aviators, Prada bag

April 29, 2014 0 comment

To Invisalign or Not to Invisalign

Smile and laughter are such important things, it either means something great happened or that someone is very happy, even a forced smile can generate a positive feeling. No matter how grumpy you are, whenever you make yourself raise the corners of your mouth, somehow your brain can’t produce negative thoughts anymore. Have you ever tried that? It’s safe to say, smiling rocks.

I love to laugh; nothing could stop me from laughing (sorry to sound heavy), not even crooked teeth.

Although I had a dream, a dream about straight teeth, that even after wearing the retainers through my high school years, I never got.

This dream was part of a dream cycle; I constantly used to dream about them in rotation. There were five of them (I guess Monday through Friday, I tend to have dreamless weekends, who knows why?).

1- I dreamt I could fly

2- I dreamt I could do splits (I’m the most inflexible person you probably know and running doesn’t help)

3- I dreamt that I could ice skate (I never ever even tried as a kid)

4- I dreamt I had straight teeth

5- I dreamt about scuba diving in the ocean

I decided I wanted to make my dreams come true.

April 28, 2014 2 comments

Runner’s Granola

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I dream about lentils and I dream about quinoa these days. Unusual? Yes. I guess my body is craving protein and this is its way of asking for it.

I ran 147 kilometers (91miles) in the past 2 weeks and followed a similar running pattern with the same intensity over the past five months, so I guess my body is allowed all the protein it craves.

Well, I’ve listened to my cravings and created my quinoa granola recipe for breakfasts. I’m never really happy with the commercial granola products so I made up my own.

It’s protein packed, especially thanks to the quinoa. I also added chia seeds, which I like to call the runner’s seeds (find out more here), together with flax seeds, pumpkin seeds and walnuts that provide plenty of the essential Omega-3 fatty acids, which my runner’s knee appreciates greatly.

You could use oats instead, but I like it with quinoa as it makes this recipe gluten free and also makes it different from any usual breakfasts, such as porridge.

April 26, 2014 0 comment

Easter Weekend

Sometimes it feels like a lost fight from the beginning, like going into a boxing match with Apollo Creed, there’s just no chance, unless of course you’re Rocky…… Or in fact Ivan Drago, okay bad example!

I’m talking about my ‘lists’. I make lists for everything; I even make lists of my lists.

It somehow works for me, it keeps me organized, I even color code them (geek!). 3 schools, 2 jobs, I’d say there’s just no other way, but is it just a false system from the get go? Is there ever gonna be a list that’s completely checked of before yet another one appears?

April 24, 2014 0 comment