Hey everybody, thanks for checking in! In September I will be running a mountain marathon in Swiss. In order to prepare for that run I tried to create a simultation that I could run here in the Netherlands.

With my eyes set on Tuesday for a baseline run I decided to just do a fun run this morning. Normally I will do a hill repeat session on Sunday, but that would be too intense and too close to Tuesday. Therefore

Tnx for checking in! I have been doing some hill repeats for the last few weeks, most of the time 2 sessions a week (one easy 500-700 meters climbing and one harder session >1000 m climbing). I decided

Hey! Last few sessions have been hill work - either hill repeats or mountainbike paths. Today I decided to make my hill repeats a bit harder compared to my usual routine. Normally I run a winding path

As one of my two weekly hill specific training sessions today I decided to mix it up a little compared to the pure hill repeats I did on Sunday. I did go to my usual training spot “Hoge Bergse Bos” and

Hi all, thanks for tuning in! Mental health is a topic that I bring up from time to time as it is having quite an impact on my life. From October 2025 I am working in a year long program that contains

I had a spare hour to run in between appointments. As my planned hill session for Wednesday would be making my schedule to tight, I decided to go for the hill work today. When I got to the hill it started

It would had been tempting to trust my morning check in where I scored 0 out of 10 on fatigue and pains. But I knew better, yesterday’s session was hard and most of the impact will be more noticeable after

Finished my weekend hill repeat session and noticed my body is adapting fast. I aimed for doing 1km climbing (min 29 climbs) but as I was climbing I was also calculating if I had sufficient time to reach

In the road to Jungfrau Marathon I am incorporating 2 weekly trainingsessions dedicated to hill work. On Wednesday my focus will be on the technical aspects, in the weekend I will work on gradually increase

Oef that was a challenge! After the hill repeats my legs were quite heavy this morning. I decided to focus on the mental aspect of running today: pushing on when your feel like quiting. These types of

I started my trainingsblock towards the Jungfrau Marathon earlier this week with an easier hill training. As the Jungfrau has +/- 1800 m climb (almost all in the last 17km of the race) , I want to start

Been a while! After roughly a full year injury free, I had fallen to the ground on two seperate occations within two weeks - one time diving for the ground from my bike in order to prevent a crash against

While I am not the biggest advocate of no activity during recovery, I had to dail back everything on Thursday, Friday and Saterday. This was caused by a hard fall with my bike last Thursday, as I had to

Remember the phrase - it is a marathon, not a race. For me as a frequent marathon runner, that helps me dose my energy during a marathon, but on shorter distances it hinders me to really give my all and

After a marathon I always try to do a full injury check run within 48h. This timing allows you to distinguish between muscle pain and real injuries. While I normally try to do it the day after - right

I just came home from the Coast trail Marathon Nationaal Park de Hollandse Duinen. The run was amazing despite an injury that popped up around 35 km - but that could not ruin the fun! Finished at 10th

This morning I did a final easy 11km before the race week. While I will continue to stay active during race week, my focus will shift towards preparation, nutrition and race planning and visualisation.

Next week will be my race week, with the coast marathon on the 7th of February. Which means the last few days before the race I am focussing on staying fresh and rest + recovery. While my hamstring forced

Less than 2 weeks before the Coast Marathon, my taper plan suggested to run between 18 and 22 km today. Yesterday evening I texted a few guys with whom I occasionally run, to see if anyone wanted to join.