Behind the scenes of the Lansingerlandrun

Photo: sportkiek.nl

Last Sunday was the day, the very first Lansingerlandrun in my own Green Zoom. Almost 1,400 runners participated during this first edition, quite an achievement since the run was bought only 2 months in advance. I didn't run myself, but the barrel and I have history and I couldn't sit on the side while the RMD-friends continued: “another glass of water Jelle?”

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Strange bicycles

For me, walking is pure maintenance. It ensures that my body remains strong, the blood sugars are more stable and the mind is better able to deal with depressive feelings. Now that I haven't been able to walk for a couple of weeks, I am restless and not only see the upcoming marathon, but also the running after that move away from me. Time for action.

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Au

Trainen op zachte ondergrond zou beter moeten zijn.
Training on soft ground should be better.

After the training camp in Lanzarote I started this blog in good spirits. To the Rotterdam marathon I had planned all kinds of big intermediate races, I became an ambassador for Raidlight and I was able to transfer a whole load of old messages. But then that happened what every runner fears: an injury. And I couldn't post for a while. Matches cancelled, marathon insecure, weeks not training… physically mentally I have a nagging pain.

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MST Lanzarote Training Camp

Allemaal bergen om te beklimmen. Soms ook echt bijna loodrecht tegen een bergwand op en vervolgens over de kam naar de volgende helling.
All mountains to climb. Sometimes really almost perpendicular to a mountain wall and then over the ridge to the next slope.

Close by, because I fumbled a bit with Strava every now and then and missed a barometer on my Suunto. We walked at least 1 trail on Friday after every day and actually we liked that very much. Only after the rest day I got a little bit of stiff legs. And I was just through it in terms of energy. 

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