“do NOT look forward, however tempting…”
Long before I ever started swimming longer distances, I saw the videos of the ‘Lake Zürich Marathon Swim’. Not knowing I would ever be able to do something like that, I was still intrigued...
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doubleultratriathlon Emsdetten
When I planned my 2019 season, the main focus was originally the Swissultra Continuous Deca (38km swim / 1800km bike / 422km run). In preparation one or two ‘shorter’ ultra-triathlons seemed like a nice...
Enduroman swim-3-2-1
I should know better by now… When you see someone post a race on their social media, do NOT visit the website of that race…
A lap around an island…
Texel, april 7th 2019 The ’60 van Texel’ is one of those runs that has been on my bucket-list for a while; it’s a 60km (or 120km, if you’re crazy enough to do the...
run around in a park… for six hours…
When the 6-hour run in Stein was cancelled halfway through because of a storm (and trees that were falling on the course…) it is time to go for another 6 hour run…
760 lengths in the pool…
a little peek in my head: – when coach Jacomina said she wanted to do a 6 hour pool swim this month (training for the enduroman arch-to-arc), someone in her team said: “who wants...
a 6 hour run in just over 3 hours…
The ‘ultraloop (ultrarun) Stein’ 2019 The idea is simple; there’s a 2.5km course, and there’s 6 hours to run as many laps as possible… Sounds not only like fun, it’s also good preparation for...
The Hague Beachmarathon…
When I saw there was a 3h30 run scheduled for this weekend, I decided to see if there was a small/local marathon somewhere I could join… I found the ‘The Hague Beachmarathon’, (a.k.a. ‘The...
run #1000
For those who don’t know me: I like numbers… And it won’t be a surprise to anyone that I like running (and cycling, and swimming, but today it’s about the run!). So here’s a...
Terheijden Long Course Weekend…
As far as small-scale events go, this one is as small as it gets… Only 12 athletes showed up for the first edition of the Terheijden Long Course Weekend: swim 3.8km on friday, bike...
