Nike is talking about it for quite a few months, but this Saturday it is on. They are trying to run a so called sub 2 marathon that’s 42km in under 2.00 hour. Which is a long distance, in a really short amount of time. You can watch it live on facebook this Saturday at 05.30 in the morning.
Continue reading Nike is trying to run a sub 2 road marathon
De nieuwe ultrarunning film “The Unknown” van the North Face runner Timothy Olson over de Hardrock 100 laat wat mooie trailrun beelden zien.
Continue reading The Unknown – Timothy Olson’s Hardrock 100 race
Op 29-10 liep ik de Beartrail. Ik zou de 55km gaan lopen maar had het gevoel dat ik te weinig had getraind en wilde me niet te leeg lopen, dus een week van te voren had ik hem naar de kortere 38km afstand omgezet.
Continue reading Niet zo lekker gaan op de Beartrail 38km in limburg
De halve marathon lopen op snelheid dat was het doel, en snelheid maken was een doel op zich. Ik loop normaal het liefst lang en ver in de natuur op de trails en ben dan minder met snelheid bezig. Ik had bedacht ik ga eens kijken wat er gebeurd als ik mij op snelheid ga focussen.
Continue reading Snel lopen op de halve marathon van Amsterdam was een doel op zich
Every year at the longest day of the year Asics is organising a relay race around the Mt blanc massif. The Asics Beat the sun race. The idea is that eight teams run against nature’s clock. They start in Chamonix and have just 15 hours, 41 minutes and 35 seconds to cover the 150km route. Every selected runner must do two relay sessions between 3k-19km across a varied terrain while crossing France, Switzerland and Italy on one day.
A few weeks ago I saw the campaign for the 2016 event. So I put my name in the sweepstake and wrote my motivation and send some pictures. A few weeks later I’ve received a message that I’m selected to be one of the last 50 candidates. Which means that I’m a semi-finalist. After this 24 people will be selected by a selection round of public vote and an expert judging panel. Continue reading Asics Beat the Sun run around the Mt Blanc
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