How did i get here? One day in August, i was asked “no revenge for CCC?” It did not catch on immediately. I have been lousy with trainings and feeling … blehh. So much for self pity i thought. Kom op! That was how i signed up. I needed to start collecting and improving my […]
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The City. It’s rich in culture. I knew so little about this country. It’s a country i would come back to. This time to explore a bit the suburbs. The Route. A 2-looper in the center of Tirana. A city center vibe and some crowd, busy with their own weekend activities. You get some cheer […]
Back 2 Back. Ambitious. This marathon was planned from last year. Part of a mission accompanying Gertjan in his #roadto81country marathon running for him to claim #1 🇳🇱 title in country collected. Ik heb er zin in😁. The stay. We stayed at Hotel Prima which is a 10min walk to the start line. It is […]
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62 FM in the 🎒
30 August 2025 – Mollen Marathon Almere 7 loops looping an industrial area and the Oostvaarders Plassen. We were meant to train at a pace of 5.37 to try and make the pacer consistent tempo running requirement. Helaas pindakaas. I bonked at km11 and had to slow down. Went on a week long crash diet […]
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MPT Paris 2024
This is the Olympics. Paris 100 years. We spent the whole of 2023 completing activities designed by MPT (via an app) to stand a chance for a ticket to the event. I actually got selected! 2024 was a tough run year for me. Zero motivation to train due to the nagging left calf pain, but […]
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61 FM in the 🎒: 10.8.25 Isle of Man
It was a hot day. The FM starts at 0900. A change from previous year. My second time running Leiden marathon. I like it. The route passes the suburb of Leiden. There is a feel of the East here in Leiden. More nature and a lot of water around you. This year there are more […]
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(13.4.25) Enschede Marathon
I was so happy. To finish (almost) strong and pain free upto km 36. A feeling i missed since London Marathon 2023. Time truly is just a number huh; 4.27, 4.01, 3.47 ; 3.38 ; 3.36 hour … For in all of the above i felt accomplished and proud. There is a story behind the […]
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(17.11.24) Lanarka Marathon
After Athens, we took some time “off” to recover. Visited the Acropolis, traveled to Thessaloniki (by train), and flew to Pafos before finally arriving in Larnaka (Cyprus). It was relaxing but also a lot of active walking involved. It felt like the traveling was more tiring than the running. But i would not swap it […]
This is it. My 56th marathon right here in Athens. Where it all began. The story of a brave Greek soldier who ran from Marathon to Athens (40km) in 490 BC to bring news of the Athenian victory and then expired. Just the thought of it gives me goosebumps. To the uninitiated (just like me) […]
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(29 Sept 2024) Chisinau marathon
Moldova is a land locked and a non EU state. It will be my 54th marathon race when i cross the finish line. Getting to Moldova was not entirely straight forward. The immigration check was long and i was held up for an unusually long time as the immigration officer wanted me to explain reason […]
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(6 Oct 2024) Jersey Marathon
It’s been a challenging run year A year of no run motivation whatsoever. Since completing 20 marathons in 2023 (not crazy just very passionate) my left leg suffered an injury which is yet to recover fully. But i came to realise that my injury was just a constant, it did not worsened despite 3 marathons […]
In my years of marathon running, it was here that i felt a breakthrough. Prior to this, in every marathon i dread that 28-32km mark when i usually hit the wall and the running gearbox goes out of whack. I spoke no Czechen nor Russian and none of them spoke English nor Dutch. But this […]
I do not know what header could be more fitting than the above to describe the years of absence from penning my run experiences down. I want to refresh my memories over what seemed like lost years (Garmin data was helpful). I must say going through them bring back good and motivating memories, no run […]
Ah… that relieve at the finish line when you finally stop running. Malta Marathon. Signed up in August 2019. Indeed awhile ago. I looked forward to this race. Firstly, it is the first marathon for the year. Secondly, it is a descending profile! Could it be a fast route? Looks fast to me! Until…*wait for it* […]
Coming out of the dragon’s mouth alive. 2019 – finished 13 FM, chased for BQ, recovered from a physical weakness at year end, i think i am ready for 2020! Introduction Vientiane is my last FM and final race for 2019. Planned 3 months earlier, the intent was to have a mum-daughter-sister bonding session. […]
Budapest FM is part of the long run trainings before the next FM attempt of 3.30. I was in awe the minute i got to our airbnb apartment. Old, full of character and filled with yesteryear’s abundance and opulence, i was mesmerised by the structure, and architecture of the building. As you enter the building, […]
#roadtoRotterdam This is the final long run before tapering begins. The legs and heart felt good for the first 15km despite a 10km Z4 race the day before. We clocked in a pace of 540 for the first few km before mindfully adjusting it lower to a 550 pace. I thought the ongoing (left) quadriceps […]
I bought the race bib in the secondary market, before Tallinn Marathon. This was meant to be a buffer race if i did not qualify for Boston in Tallinn. But i qualified for Boston in Tallinn! Quite frankly, i have been partying secretly since then. Partying in this sense meant slow down, less rigid, less […]
This was not my first choice for a PB nor to attempt for Boston qualification. But it was the only one available after Rotterdam. So i trained for it. Getting there… Dusseldorf (Weeze) airport panic!!! The Tallinna Marathon race begun even before we arrived. Part of the race weekend preparation was to sleep well, arrive early […]
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