Running 10 miles is not new. Usually the race end at 16.1km. However, the vuurtorenloop / lighthouse run on Vlieland ends only after 18.5 km. Instead of land miles they use sea miles. These are longer!. Read more
Last March I participated in the most northern 10 miles running event in. the Netherlands. In June I did the most southern race, Maastricht Mooiste. The conditions were severe. Coming from flatland we had to cross the St. Pietersberg (St. Pieters mountain / yes… Read more
End of March a family tradition: the annual 10 miles race at the Island of Schiermonnikoog. Three days before my sixtieth birthday I managed to keep my average speed below 5:00 / km (or for those calculating the other way around just above the 12km/h). Read more
During ESTGIS an special orienteering event was organized. For orienteers the shortest path between two point is a line as straight as possible/ The orienteering map was composed from different Estonian map products and the race was held at seven in the… Read more
A 11 km historical run in Potsdam, along the Havel River, palaces in Babelsberg, and over the Glienicker Brücke where spies where exchanged during the Cold War, and in John le Carré’s novels. Read more
The 2017ICC orienteering race took place under very wet conditions in Fountainhead Regional Park, about 40 km south-east of Washington DC. During the race small streams required high wading and bridges disappeared. The 3km race with ten controls took me nearly 52… Read more
This is my most remote run ever. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk is located even beyond Siberia. Only 3.5 km, because after full day travel over ten time zone you can feel better. Read more
A short run along the beach only, because of the limited time between sun-rise and departure for work… Read more