marathon

  There’s this drugstore here called Kruidvat. Their employees wear a shirt with ‘Gezond met Kruidvat’ on the back, this means ‘Healthy with Kruidvat’.

  It was very windy today, which is always odd when you run: with a headwind you have to struggle to move ahead, and when you have the wind in your back a bit later, it feels like you just

  No, I did not age at a remarkable rate suddenly, this is not me and has nothing to do with running. It was just an elderly lady I saw today, clearly (still) rather fond of the Rolling Stones. Which

  Today is Prinsjesdag. In case you are wondering what that is: “Prinsjesdag (English: Little Princes’ Day) is the day on which the reigning monarch of the Netherlands addresses a joint session of the Dutch Senate and House of Representatives

  Medals. I love medals! And I have quite a few of them. Not the kind that you get when you win something though, but the ones you get for joining and finishing a race. I have a mannequin in

  Today I did a race that was really more of an organised training run. It took place in a park with many paths. And we didn’t wear bib numbers. The route was marked by tiny signs, so I really

  I usually don’t get overtaken when I run my usual round here, not because I am that fast, but everybody always seems to run counter-clockwise here, and I don’t. So it was a bit of a surprise today when

  I feel like an 80 year old today! Perhaps I pushed it a bit too much yesterday, still proud of my PB though!

  I did a Ladies Run today, where, as the name suggests, only women can join, and (almost) everybody wears something pink. It was great fun, and I even managed to run a new 10k PB (50:24)! Apparently it is

  I don’t know if my running shorts are worn out or if perhaps I lost more weight than I thought I did (I did lose a few pounds since starting this, so that could be it), but they don’t