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the PanbosUltra100km
Before the world got all weird, the plan was to do a 100km run in February/March as a long training run for The Deca. I plotted a route; a 100km course around my hometown of Utrecht, and was ready to ... Read More
50.000km and counting…
Looking back in my old travel-journals I was traveling on my bike for a total of 21.840km before I decided that I needed another challenge… So when I started my triathlon-journey I also started ... Read More
a virtual mini-vacation…
(or: “why do I always fall for these stupid ideas…”) Let’s start with a little history… In 2008, whilst cycling to the south of Spain, I decided to plan my route so that I could clim... Read More
ultratriathlon is about patience anyway, so…
as was to be expected: the SwissUltra Deca 2020 is now officially cancelled… (or: postponed to 2021…) With everything going on in the world right now I knew there was a 99.999% chance that... Read More
a (very) short update…
There’s some epic training-sessions to come in the near-future (well, unless we go into lockdown next week…), and the last few months haven’t been filled with epic races or training-... Read More
“Saturdays run will be shortened by 5 hours”
I’ve been on this deca-journey for quite some time now, and 2019 has been a year with some great adventures that will help me get there in 2020… The Double in Emsdetten was a great mental test... Read More
a hard training-day, so I might as well enjoy it…
Antwerp, october 20th 2019 Training for The Deca has really begun (blog on that might follow later), so for the past few weeks it was time to up the running-mileage… To make sure I keep it fun, ... Read More
“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 by not... Read More