Tag: trail run

Almost 15 kilometers done of my trail run here in Lommel. I don’t feel so fresh anymore. I guess my legs are still tired from my ultra run.

The legs are still tired

29/03/2023

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

Only 2 weeks to go, and I’ll be running my first ultra, in Sussex. I have to admit I’m getting nervous. 53 kilometers sounds like a lot.

Getting nervous for my first ultra

06/03/2023

Tomorrow Sara and I will be running the Halve Zolen Trail in Den Hout. It’s part of my last big training weekend for Sussex.

Last big training weekend for Sussex

03/03/2023

Something big, dark brown with a mean looking head jumps out, of the bushes. The wild boar looks at me and quickly runs away into the forest.

Running with wild boar in Bergeijk

01/03/2023

Left, right, little hill, puddle, bridge, rocks, trees. It’s hard and it’s fun. This has to be the coolest downhill I’ve ever done.

Trail Run Spa; the coolest downhill ever

27/02/2023

She smiles after 5 kilometers, after 7k, and she smiles after 11k and 400 meters of altitude. Super Sara is ready to shine in Sussex.

Super Sara is ready to shine in Sussex

26/02/2023

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

Sand in front of me, sand behind me, sand next to me, sand underneath me. T Welcome back to the Ice Age, welcome in the Drunense Duinen.

Running through the Ice Age

22/02/2023

It just sank in. I ran a marathon yesterday. Not just a marathon, a trail marathon. At this moment I feel a bit overwhelmed.

I ran a marathon, against doctor’s advice

12/02/2023

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

Running on the trails again and at the same time I’m creating my pace strategy for Run Forest Run Ommerland in my head.

Setting my pace strategy for Ommerland

06/02/2023

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

This year I want to run in all 12 provinces of the Netherlands. One every month. Mud Sweat Trails came up with that concept, and I love it.

Trail running in all 12 provinces

04/01/2023

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 hope I can run the Eindejaarstrail pain free tomorrow, with my injured left knee. I gave it a rest. I've just been wrapping up 2022.

Wrapping up 2022

30/12/2022

Grey day today. Rainy day today. The coming days don’t look any better. That’s why we have made a sudden change of plans; long run tomorrow.

A sudden change of plans

23/12/2022

It’s almost 9 in the morning, but it looks like Maastricht is still asleep. We’re not. We’re up, out and running around the Sint-Pietersberg.

Running around the Sint-Pietersberg

22/12/2022

Finally I went to the doctor today. I’ve been dreading it for weeks. The news is not what I hoped for. I have torn my rotator cuff.

I have torn my rotator cuff

19/12/2022

Coming Thursday Sara and I will be running in Maastricht. Or better, just outside of Maastricht. It’s our favorite city in the Netherlands.

Running in Maastricht

17/12/2022

Today I wanted to run a new trail, that might be one of my final tests before my ultra trail run in Sussex, England of spring next year.

My final tests before my ultra

15/12/2022

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

Sara and I are out for a run, which is a good moment to finally think about Saturday’s race; the Brabantse Kluis Trail in Aarle Rixtel.

Time to think about Saturday’s race

06/12/2022

What will be my next trail running race?

Doubts about my next trail running race

21/11/2022

The biggest lessons I've learned from the Alfa Bear Trail

The biggest lessons from the Bear Trail

14/11/2022

Now all yesterday’s dust or better sand has settled, I have to admit: I didn’t do that bad at the Schoorlse Duinen Trail in Groet.

Duinen Trail, I didn’t do that bad

31/10/2022

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

Early start, because at 0.00 o’clock the registration for the Dolomiti Extreme Trail 2023 opens and I want to run the 55 kilometers ultra.

I just subscribed for a 55 kilometers ultra

01/10/2022

First run after Scotland. 19 kilometers. It was fresh, it was rainy, it was lovely. I combined my favorite trail and a new trail.

First run after our holiday in Scotland

24/09/2022

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

I jump from joy; a new personal record

Jumping from joy at the Rovertsche Leij Trail

28/08/2022

Taking my dry weather running shoes for a spin

I bought dry weather running shoes

15/08/2022