Tag: race

Highs and lows, downs and ups, the Trail des Fantomes in Belgium was riding on physical and mental waves of energy.

Trail des Fantomes; waves of energy

22/08/2023

The Dolomiti Extreme Trail is what the name tells you; extreme. 3.800 meters altitude, 57,5 km of running, and a fight against cut-off times.

DTX: fighting cut-off times

10/06/2023

It’s sore leg day today. Tomorrow it will be I-am-tired-day. I think I’m starting to recognize the patterns of my body after a big trail run.

The patterns of my body after a trail run

15/05/2023

We’re in the Amerongse Bos, running the Amerongse Berg Trail (12 kilometers). For us, trail running is a nice day out.

Trail running as a nice day out

16/04/2023

I just saw the Trans Alpine Run, a multi stage trail. It looked super cool. Not that I am able to do it, but it is something to dream off.

Multi stage running trail

27/03/2023

My first ultra; running 50 kilometers at age 50. Although, this wasn’t trail running, this was mud wrestling, here at Endurance life Sussex.

Mud wrestling at Endurance life Sussex

18/03/2023

To help you prevent standing on the starting line of a Trail Run without your necessary gear, here is a Trail Running Checklist.

Trail Running Checklist

02/03/2023

Snowdonia or the Pyrenees, what is it going to be? They both sound cool. Tomorrow I’ll know. Plan B or plan A.

Plan B, or is it plan A?

24/02/2023

This is the countryside of Ommen, a place time has stood still. The perfect place to run my first marathon; the Run Forest Run Ommerland.

Cheerleaders at RFR Ommerland

11/02/2023

Above me, below me and on both sides I see snow. Running the Houffa Trail in Houffalize (Belgium) is running through winter wonderland.

Houffa Trail; running in winter wonderland

22/01/2023

My plan was to go for a trail run today. I didn’t. Rain, wind, cold. Not my weather. So I’ll wait. See, I am a good weather runner.

I am a good weather runner

14/01/2023

She’s smiling. We’re running up and down sand dunes, through mud, and she’s having fun at the Eindejaarstrail in Giersbergen.

Eindejaarstrail; ending the year with a smile

31/12/2022

Let’s do some training talk. Why is it so important to be rest? Shouldn’t you just run, run and run? Well no. Let me explain.

Training is damaging your body and that’s good

18/12/2022

Beautiful, cold, hard. I think that summarizes my Brabantse Kluis Trail in three words. Okay, four more words: apple pie and hot chocolate.

Brabantse Kluis Trail; dreaming of hot chocolate

10/12/2022

Pasta, pasta and pancakes. That’s what I will be eating today, tomorrow and on the day of the Brabantse Kluis Trail. It will keep me fueled.

Pasta, pasta and pancakes

08/12/2022

We’re running the Eindejaarstrail (End of the Year) in the Drunense Duinen. It was Sara’s idea. I swear. She is so much fun since she is a runner.

She is so much fun since she is a runner

02/12/2022

Sara did day 1 of her second running schedule

Sara started her second running schedule

24/11/2022

What will be my next trail running race?

Doubts about my next trail running race

21/11/2022

Alfa Bear Trail

Alfa Bear Trail, a Boss of a trail run

13/11/2022

Recovery run; my legs feel good

The legs feel good, the cat feels good

07/11/2022

Schoorlse Duinen Trail; Sand is not my element

Duinen Trail; Sand is not my element

30/10/2022

She’s running her first Trail Run Race, the Keelven Trail in Someren, the Netherlands, and we’re lost. What a start of her running career.

Keelven Trail; her first trail race

16/10/2022

Sara is going to do her first trail run. Trail Running is organizing the 5 k Keelven Trail in Someren. That’s a good distance to start.

Sara’s first trail run

11/10/2022

The Amerongse Berg Trail is the most beautiful trail running race in the Netherlands. A race report of the last summer edition.

Amerongse Berg Trail, the beautiful one

09/10/2022

I run for fun. I might call a trail run a race, but it’s a race against myself. Yet, sometimes it’s fun to know how slow I am as a runner.

How slow (or fast) am I as a runner?

26/09/2022

Time to reflect on the Three Mealls race

Time to reflect on the Three Mealls race

19/09/2022

Three Mealls Trail Race at Skyline Scotland is the most brutal race I’ve ever done

Three Mealls Trail; the most brutal race I’ve ever done

18/09/2022

A stopover at Urquhart Castle on our way from Kirkhill to Kinlochleven

In Kinlochleven, ready for the Big Race

16/09/2022

I always run in flat areas, so after my first trail run uphill I could hardly walk

I could hardly walk after my first trail race

01/09/2022

The difference between Dutch trail running and running abroad

The difference between Dutch trail running and running abroad

31/08/2022

I'm dreaming of Zegama Aizkorri

Dreaming of Zegama Aizkorri

30/08/2022

Going for a walk with Sara and in the meantime wondering what will be my next trail race?

What will be my next trail run?

29/08/2022

I jump from joy; a new personal record

Jumping from joy at the Rovertsche Leij Trail

28/08/2022

Resting my legs for Rovertsche Leij Trail

27/08/2022

Steam Trail; one way ticket to trail running

20/08/2022