Exploring the world in running shoes
It's been a difficult couple months of running and I have my first half marathon coming up. This race seemed like a good training run and I wasn't aiming for a particular time. The Leiden Ladiesrun is a small race. Around a 1000 women had the choice of running one 5k loop or two times the same... Continue Reading →
My go-to-shoe is the Skechers GoRun Ultra (v1 and v2). And I've heard a lot of people say that if you like Hoka, you'll probably like the Skechers Ultra series and I assumed this woud also work the other way around. So, I got curious about the Hoka brand and decided to buy a pair... Continue Reading →
The first weekend of August I traveled to London to help my friend Melissa with her Run the Boroughs challenge. This was not an organized challenge, but a challenge she came up with on her own (and I encouraged her to do it). This meant running 5k in every London borough and since there are 32... Continue Reading →
My first race after the Alpe d'HuZes. Running hasn't been going very well this past month. I am apparently still recovering from the ultra and also got a cold during the ultra and it took me about three weeks to get rid of it. The European Athletics Championships took place in Amsterdam in July. During the championships the... Continue Reading →
It's the biggest charity fund raising event in the Netherlands, only it doesn't take place in the Netherlands... Every year 20,000 Dutchies travel to the south of France to either participate or support. The point of this "race" is not to be the fastest, but to climb the Alpe d'Huez (by bike or on foot) as... Continue Reading →
Last year I participated in the Mini Marathon Rotterdam, which is 4.2 km. This year I decided to go for the 1/4 marathon, so 10.55 km. The 1/4 marathon starts at the same time as the full marathon, only at a different location and uses the last part of the marathon course. There were only... Continue Reading →
In the last 20 months I went from not running at all to running 10 k races. I've seen progress in distance and a little progress in time, but it's slow. This is mainly because my heart rate doesn't go down. Normally you would expect your heart rate to go down over time when you... Continue Reading →
After last years 5 k in Eindhoven I had decided not to participate again in this race, since I did not like the way it was organized. But this year this marathon event added an extra race distance, the 10 k. Like the 5 k, there are no starting waves for this distance (I still... Continue Reading →
Running a race and supporting charity is obviously a win-win situation. Therefore, I decided to sign up for the Singelloop in Utrecht a few months ago, since they're donating a percentage of the race money to the Dutch Arthritis Foundation (Reumafonds). I was quite happy to see that I didn't have to get up early... Continue Reading →
A week ago I got up early for my first race abroad. But to be fair, I didn't come to London just for this race, I already happened to be in London for a few weeks and really wanted to run this race. However, by the time I found out about the race the entry... Continue Reading →
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