Marathon

  It’s hot. Very hot. So I went running at 5 am. And what did I see? Cats!! I counted 10 cats! So this is what goes on at that time of day: cats own the neighbourhood!

  So, on the days that I don’t run, I like to relax and read a bit about…. yeah, you guessed it.

  Imagine my surprise, seeing this car with a gigantic inflatable unicorn pass me by during my early Sunday morning run. Very odd sight.

  So what do I do on days I don’t have to run, you wonder. Well, strength training! Which concludes the first week. 93 days to go, oh!

  Remember all that stuff I bought a couple of days ago? Well, today it was time to test an energy gel. It’s sensible to test these things, because you could get nauseous, and you don’t want that happening during

  Key to this program, is running on a relatively low heart rate, so you’re using fats as fuel rather than sugar. Once a week I have to run REALLY slow, they call that ‘vogels kijken’ (bird watching). That was

  So, when I have a plan, I fully go for it. Determined, and well-stocked! Which is why I went to the Decathlon in Den Haag today to inspect their collection of running foods and fluids. And to stock up

  It’s been very hot and dry here lately. This is not extremely unusual of course, since it’s Summer, but I can’t remember it ever having been this dry. The grass is yellow, the trees have brown leaves, and there’s

  So, following a 100 day training plan that ends with a marathon also means that nothing should go wrong! Like catching a cold on day 2! Hopefully it was just an isolated sneeze, we’ll see!

  It has started. Today is the first day of my 100 day training for the Amsterdam Marathon. My training is unusual, instead of running long distances to prepare my body for that 42.192 km, I will run no more