Ok I can tell you guys the news right from the start. I didn’t manage to pass the last round for the RB400 challenge. So for me no running up that hill in Austria together with Kjeld Nuis. But… It doesn’t feel like a loss! For me it is more than a victory. With my health I managed to get that far, even further than I could ever imagine. And the last training was cool. Wasn’t it? Together with all those supermotivated people. We’re even talking about training together after this.
But for now, I've got some images from Red Bull to place on the social media. The images are from the last training together.
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But I heard about the RB400 already on Wednesday but the rest of the week was totally awesome. With many days of windsurfing.
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Finally the heatwave we were suffering here in the Netherlands disappeared. And in return we had some winds. Yeeah!!
Windsurfing
With windsurfing I finally managed to find where my board balance is going wrong. I’m suffering spin-outs since my return on the board. First I thought it were the new boards I’m using and I’m not used to them. But even at my oldest board I’m having the problem. It’s called a heavy backfoot. I’m putting too much pressure on it, and that pressure will be directed to the rail from the board and my fin can’t handle that pressure. But how will I fix this? My body length changed so my harness lines won’t be any good anymore. So I need new ones. So I can lower my weight on the board. Other thing is looking forward, I can fix that for now. Because I was looking all the time what am I doing wrong? Well beginners mistake, never look at your feet… I knew that but still doing it wrong.
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Pictures taken by 
Saturday the forecast looks great again. So I hope to continue practicing and return very soon at my old level. So I can compete
Photography
Also had a great Photography workshop from my girlfriend for my birthday. The class was in the northern parts of the Netherlands in a place called Schoorl. I’ll post about this landscape in another post. Because I have a story to tell about this beautiful scenery, where a lot of things happened in the past. But for now back to the class. It was presented as an intermediate course But There were only beginner photographers. Nothing wrong with that fact btw, because those people have to learn about the camera as well. But as I was the only person in the room who knew about shutter-speeds, diaphragm, ISO etc. the teacher decided to switch to beginner levels. Well I was ok with that because I wanted to experience the area he wanted to explore with us.
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Dinner
Last Sunday I’ve been together with 
The restaurants where you can choose from:
Daily Fresh Fish
Steakhouse
Chinese & Wok
Bakery & Ice Cream
Fine Italian Food
Pancakes & Waffles
Salad Bar
Sushi Bar
Soup & Breads
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Every time we go out for a dinner here (
Had a lovely night with different plates and of course multiple rounds of dessert.
Thanks
Oh and at the end when your done eating and walk outside, there is a wall filled with candy. Only this time I let it pass, there was a line pfff… Way to many people waiting for some candy.
Running
Last night I had a (running)date since years with my running mate. We couldn’t continue running together because of my back, but guess what, we did it again! As a result of the RB400 training and all the work my physiotherapist did last year. Really missed the running with him, but Monday I finally managed to get beyond the 8km while running. So I decided to call Thijs; “Hey shall we do a run together this week? I managed to reach this , oh and that distance! Sure he said!” So we planned it for last night at the beach. Thijs thanks for the great laugh again, the training was like old times. Hunting down some seagulls and make people wonder if we’re training or making fun of each other. Can’t wait to compete against each other next year in the Kustmarathon. This year I’ll cheer for you at the side!
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