Date: 25 September 2022 Goal: below 4min/km pace (2:48:40h) Finish: 2:48:29h (3'59.76 pace đ) Rank: 946 (AG: 147) Shoes: Adidas adios pro 3 Detailed training: Link One week later, I'm still flashed and digesting the #berlinmarathon2022; what a wonderful and fun run! Many of us marathon runners put a lot of work and sweat (and … Continue reading Berlin Marathon: Race report (or better: Rave report?)
Pueblo of Artana with the sierra de la Espadan in the background. Date: 21 July 2019Distance: 16.5 kmElev. gain: 800 mGoal: fun run (in the heat)Finish: 1:27:37Rank: 13Shoes: Altra Lone Peak 4.0Website Spaniards know how to organise (and celebrate) a race; and usually bribe with four Euros registration fee (T-shirt included), beautiful scenery, amazing trails, … Continue reading Volta a l’Ombria d’Artana (Artana mountain race, Valencia) 2019
photo credit: William Vlb - Photography Date: 24 August 2019Distance: 21 kmElev. gain: 600 mGoal: fun runFinish: 1:51:01Rank: 4Shoes: Altra Lone Peak 4.0Website Beautiful small race! Well set up, well organised (Chimay beer voucher after finish!) with several river crossings (I recall 3) and steep climbs (fixed ropes required because of muddy terrain - after … Continue reading Trail de l’Eau Blanche (Lompret) 2019
Summit at 7am. Date: 08 May 2016Distance: not much but enoughElev. gain: 1,200 m Goal: breath in, breath out Finish: ~10 hoursShoes: Rented boots and crampons Ouuff what a thing. I've done many races, the toughest ones were a 100km walk in Flanders (actually not a race, but against the watch to fight against a … Continue reading Cayambe climb (5,790 m)
Date: 20 October 2019Distance: 25 kmElev. gain: 340 mGoal: rock itFinish: 1:41:57Rank: 1Shoes: Altra Lone Peak 4.0 DonnerlĂźttchen, it seems like those many kilometres of training through 2019 have worked! To be honest, I train (quite a bit) too little to usually play at the front; on the other hand, I train enough to easily … Continue reading Trail de Bruxelles 2019 (25k): Victory
The main event of this year is over - looking back with a happy and a nostalgic eye. Date: 15 June 2019Distance: 64 kmElev. gain: 3000 mGoal: 8h30Finish: 9h10 (basically goal w/o the breaks :-P)Rank: 120 / 1200Shoes: Altra Lone Peak 4.0 Before the raceWe travelled to Germany on Thursday morning before race day (Saturday), … Continue reading ZUT Supertrail – The race
Nice race through the english garden and the city of Munich with a great finish in the Olympic stadium. Unfortunately, not many spectators except for the HM crossing and city-parts. Water and food stations are ample and the post-run buffet is awesome (including free-tap alcohol free Erdinger Hefeweizen). With 100 EUR the price is a little excessive, especially considering that a race T-shirt would be another 40EUR!
Valencia marathon finish 2016 Date: 20 November 2016Goal: Sub3h Finish: 2:59h (PB then)Rank: Shoes: New Balance Vazee 2016 âThe point is whether or not I improved over yesterday. In long-distance running the only opponent, you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be.âHaruki Murakami Following my last marathon attempt in Brussels 2013 … Continue reading Flying High through Valencia (M 2016)
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