The first virtual run of MST in which I participated was still relatively easy. Can I shift the gears to 1,000 altimeters in a maximum of 10 km?
Continue reading “King M(S)T of the Hill”Close to home: Houttrail
Indoors. Been there, done that, got the cookie. Back on the trails with the MST Covid-19 challenge.
Continue reading “Dicht bij huis: Houttrail”Annual review: from mountain top to broken flight
2019, the year I started this blog, was an eventful year. I've taken on many new challenges, from training camp, injury alternative to first ultra out of sorrow. But what's best now that the year is coming to an end?
Continue reading “Jaaroverzicht: van bergtop tot gebroken vlucht”DNF: MST Winter Trekking 2019
No medal, no certificate: there wasn't much more in it than a stage of 55 km of finishing. And yes, I'm sad about that. Yet there were also beautiful and instructive moments.
Continue reading “DNF: MST Winter Trekking 2019”Ultra-intensive: Airborne Freedom Trail
This year it is 75 years ago that the Allies tried to liberate the Netherlands through Operation Market Garden. During the Airborne Freedom Trail we walk a similar route as the paratroopers from the Ginkel Heath to the ‘Bridge too far’ in Arnhem: 44 km.