Itching to race after 3 weeks of base training, i tag along Gertjan in his cross competition. I am beginning to enjoy the challenge of a cross; diverse terrain, reflex training, and its in the woods. The route At the Valentijn Cross, the man made sand hills caught my attention. Have you watched the […]
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First race of 2020! Race bib Getting the race bib was hassle free. Though Gertjan said he had signed us up at the first race, there was a confusion around how to sign up or how much it costs for the classement. We had to forego the first sign up, and pay again for each […]
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23 June 2019, 5km 5HoekLoop Deventer
I want to test for speed. Same race, same route, but a big variation in weather condition (graph below), improved time of 19 seconds. The little one, 11 year old, Iris Cotteleer sprinted at the last 50m and overtook me with 3 seconds. What a splendid work! And the Champion was 7 seconds ahead of […]
4 days after hiking the Semois and Oster in Belgium (a combined 48.1km trail running, with elevation gain of ~1584m, we thought, hey, an anaerobic punch this week would be nice.) Hmm Yeah… and here we are. The Parelloop Vasse of 5.3km (yes, an interesting distance). It was a 1-looper, circa 70% tight sands, 30% […]
Pretty motivated scoring my first PB on a 5km road race, 22.52 min. The race course was a 2-looper with numerous corners to manoeuvre. It was organised in the village of Bergentheim in the municipality of Hardenberg, with a small population of 3,500. Great atmosphere! The streets were crowded with spectators, music with home built […]
This is my 3rd 5km race distance to test for consistency of performance. I finished 23.28, a bit short of expectation. PB remained at Banthumloop 22.52. Nonetheless, this race was a memorable one as it was conducted in conjunction with Triathlon Holten, 34e, which was grandly organised. It was the Premium European Cup and Junior […]
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