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Week 7
Finally, temperatures above 10 degrees ☀️ Back on track.(Though slightly behind the training schedule.) Week 4 and 5 were oscillations between “I feel good enough to hit the gym” and a never-ending flu. I probably incubated entire generations of new viruses that will be ready for next season. But for now — all is good.…
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Week 3 Winter hits back
If you think you can just put on your running shoes and start chasing geese* in winter, let me stop you right there. The Dutch winter has a secret way of punching you from the inside. No idea how it does it, but it feels like a million tiny cold monsters biting straight into your…
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Week 2 – Crushing through the winter
No cold, no ice, no snow, and no wild animals will stop me.Another week passed, and slowly my body is starting to adapt to the rhythm — made a bit more flexible to survive bad weather days and the occasional minor flu. I also tried to find joy during my last long run.Followed all the…
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1st week
First week, first lesson: winter running sucks.Or rather—I was doing it wrong. According to my personal trainer (AI): The goal isn’t to enjoy winter; it’s to get through it with consistency. The first part is going well. The second isn’t bad either—21 km this week is a solid start—but I can already feel I’m stressing…
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Goal
3:45 in Utrecht. End of May. This is it — 20 weeks to go.That means preparation moves from idea to reality. The training plan is ready. I tried to build one with AI, but it quickly drifted into extremes. So I did what has always worked best: downloaded something reasonable from the internet and trusted…
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End of year
2025 comes to an end. Some people write summaries.Some make plans. I take a moment to look back.What I see makes me happy—and grateful. Grateful for the moments I was allowed to share this year.For the support of my family, neighbours, and colleagues.For every donation and every kind word.For the anonymous donation that made reaching…
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First run
29 December 2025.An ordinary afternoon run. Cold air, but not too cold to breathe.No people around—everyone busy buying fireworks for New Year’s Eve. A standard route. The Ka path (a name probably given by some Stephen King fans). Yet it is somehow special, as it will be tagged as the first run of many more…
Run 4 PMC 