Runlog – 20240505 – Mixing things up

I thought today would be a good day to mix things up a little. Instead of going for my regular Sunday morning long run I went to the track today to combine a 20 minute Fartlek run with a 20 minute recovery run (3,16 km). Including warm up for the Fartlek I did a total exercise of 46 minutes.

The Fartlek that I did was the 20 minute time based Fartlek that I’ve done several times before. As it’s time based I can compare over time if I’m making progression or not. Today I made progress, as I covered more than 5 km for the first time in 20 minutes. I wasn’t expecting that progress half way the run for sure as this exercise was definitely a tough one. It’s a bit crazy to see now that I covered more then 400 meters more then last time, almost a month ago.

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Lego Land Rover Defender

I finished building the Lego Defender today. The box was a birthday present and a fun alternative to having the real Land Rover Defender.

It was great fun building this car and the level of detail in it is amazing. There are some easy mistakes that you can make while assembling different parts of the engine and gearbox. These video tutorials helped me overcome them. The led lighting kit that you see in the pictures is an aftermarket product from Light My Bricks.

Runlog – 20240503 – 30 minutes easy

I went out this morning for a 30 minute out and back run at a very easy recovery pace a little over 7k per hour. While my initial plan was to go out for a speed run, my body wasn’t ready for it today. I guess it has to do with a couple of bad nights (warm weather and thunder storms) in a row.

Anyhow, running never gets easy and is all about consistency. I’m happy that I went out and all set for the last workday of the week.

Terschelling

As you’ve seen on some of my previous Running Log posts, I was at the island of Terschelling last weekend. We had a lovely time as family and I was able to bring along my camera gear to practice some photography skills.

Terschelling offers the perfect balance between nature and good hospitality. As a result we were really able to disconnect and gain some good energy for the stretch until the summer holiday.

Canon EOS R6 Mark II | 35mm | ISO 400 | f/7,1 | 1/500

Runlog – 20240429 – Another 6k

I finished another 6k run on the island of Terschelling. I was able to squeeze this one in just between our afternoon beach walk and evening diner.

We are having good fun here as family. The island is beautiful and the whole family is enjoying our time together and time by ourselves. A perfect short holiday to recuperate from a busy first 4 months of the year.

Dit wil je écht niet weten

I finished reading ‘Dit wil je écht niet weten’ by Huib Modderkolk today. This was a nice and quick read for me. A book full of information that I was technically aware of but not tying together as a whole.

This book is worth a read if you are technically savvy, interested in geo political affairs and like spy stories. Huib Modderkolk is a respected Dutch journalist writing for ‘the Volkskrant’. I do hope that he will be publishing more books in the future.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Runlog – 20240428 – 14km trail run

I finished my 1st ever trail run today on the island of Terschelling, which is located in the north of the Netherlands. We are here for a 5 day family trip and I must say that the nature on the island is astonishing. We are for sure going to enjoy ourselves here.

I got the tip to try trail running from Thijs who does this kind of running quite often. It’s good fun and I guess I will be trying this again sometime soon and closer to home. I do need to get myself some additional shoes for this.

Runlog – 20240424 – Treadmill interval

I started the day in Paris on the treadmill again. It was too early and dark to go out and I don’t have any time tonight to do a proper city run.

I did a 5k interval run combining hills and different speeds. It was a good exercise.

Runlog – 20240422 – 9k easy

From 7k to 8k to 9k this week. I finished my third run of the week. I did an easy run today as my body and legs were still a bit drained from my work week in Barcelona.

Next week will again be a week full of travel to Barcelona and Paris. I’m going to bring my running gear along. Fingers crossed to see if I can fit some time into my busy schedule.

Runlog – 20240419 – 8K

I’m travelling back home tonight from 2 days working in Barcelona. I had the opportunity to run along the beach again today before my workday started. I did an 8k run this morning which I combined with a 20 minute guided Fartlek exercise. All went well and I feel strong and energized for the rest of the day.

I’ll be travelling Europe next week and will try to do two city runs while I’m at it. One in Paris and one in Barcelona. Should be fun.