While the taper weeks are designed for recovery and resting - it still feels uncomfortable to become sick. It was in the air already, all three of my girls were sick earlier and that got up to me. Asides

Taper is here! Which means that the hardest trainings are all done and it is time for recovery and race day prep. For me personally , taper is the most difficult phase in the trainingsblock, I will have

Hi there! Welcome back to my trainingsblog where we get ready for the Spijkenisse Marathon - that will be hosted in 3 weeks! Today was the last run within my peak weeks. Which means starting tomorrow we

Hi all! Welcome back at my running blog towards the Spijkenisse Spark Marathon later this month! Now that the taper weeks are closing in I am using this peak week to set a ball park goal pace time. Today

Hi there! Few more weeks in this journey towards the Spijkenisse Marathon! While I have been running marathons for years, it is fun to be aware of your own development. Where 10 years ago, I just ran without

Hi there! November is here, which means the last few weeks to prepare for the Spijkenisse Spark Marathon! Today my Sunday morning was dedicated to a slowish 30 km run that did include a tempo block. The

Hi there! Welcome back to my running blog towards the Spijkenisse Spark Marathon. With the event within one month I am still enjoying every trainingsrun - which might be the main benefit of a (little too)

Hi there! Just finished with an interval session that consisted out of: warm up (easy pace) 3x 10 minute tempo run (pace 4:10 - 4:20), in between 3 min walking. cooling down (easy pace) After last Sunday

Hi there, thank you for checking in on my trainingsblog towards the Spijkenisse Spark Marathon in November - where I aim to break my personal record of 3:20:16! Today was a very interesting run! Started

Ohh I can really enjoy some nice autumn weather! Today was such a day, strong wind & quite some rain but using the correct clothing and you should not really bother! Tomorrow is this weeks main training

Hey there! Welcome back at my trainingsblog towards the Spijkenisse Spark Marathon. Last few days I had not been running except for a single session where I focussed on shorter intervals (400m). I was

Good morning! Welcome back at my running block towards the Spijkenisse Spark Marathon this November. Last Thursday I experienced the first workout that was too heavy in a long term. While I decided to

Hi all, welcome back to my trainingsblog on my pr attempt for Spijkenisse Spark Marathon in November. Today I set myself up for failure by aiming too high with regards to my weekly trainingsload. This

Hi there, welcome back here at my trainingsblog towards the Spijkenisse Spark Marathon that I aim to race in November. Recovery runs are the least fancy runs of a marathon training, but using them correctly

Hi there! Thanks for checking in on my running blog towards the Spijkenisse Spark Marathon in November! Today I had an intense workout I love to share. While the workout resembled last weeks vo2max intervals

Hi there! Thanks for checking my blog on my road towards the Spijkenisse Spark Marathon in November! Originally I was supposed to pace a friend to his sub 4h marathon ambition - which would mean I could

Hey! Thank you for checking in on my trainingsblog towards the Spijkenisse Spark Marathon! This week the focus of my trainingsprogram shifted from generating speed towards maintaining speed. Which translates

Sometimes your plan fails and you have to make the most of it! Well today something like that happened with my trainingsplan. I was supposed to run 10x 400m (@3:55 - 4:00 / km) packed within a warming

Hi all, welcome back to my “Road to Spijkenisse - SPARK Marathon 2025”, in which I take on the challenge to break my 3:20:16 Marathon PR with a 8 week trainingsprogram. After an intense 5 days, I decided

Today I did a marathon specific training - running in your goal pace range, 7 minute intervals. The idea is that as you progress and extend these intervals you get more efficient holding this pace. For