My Personal Blog
In a previous post, I talked about the Garmin Fenix 5. One of the cool features you can do is take screenshots. Here I will explain again how to set it up, which is for the Garmin Fenix 6X Solar. Configure Hot Keys Taking a screenshot is not out of the box. You will have … Read more
I was delighted with my Garmin Fenix 5. There was not much I was missing. When there was a Dexcom G6 widget, I wanted to have it on my Fenix 5, and this feature wasn’t available. I had to look for another solution.For a couple of days, I had the Garmin Venu 2, but I … Read more
Last year I was thinking about FiveFinger shoes because people were saying it was better for you. Some people would even run on it ! Normal Shoes ? I have some really nice pair of shoes. The Floris van Bommel are great looking and fits like a glove. But I can’t walk 10k on it. … Read more
For my birthday my wife gave me a coupon for a tandem parachute jump at http://paracentrumtexel.nl . On a nice Tuesday me and my wife went to Texel. Although I live close, it took about over 1 hour to get there. Texel is an island in front of Den Helder, so you will have to … Read more
For a long time I had the Garming 620. It’s a nice sportwatch and I wanted something newer. After wearing the Polar M600 for a few months, I decided to buy a Garmin Fenix 5. There is nothing wrong with the Polar watch, but I liked the interface of Garmin Connect. The Garmin Fenix 5 … Read more
Yes ! On November 12th 2017 I finished my first Marathon in Las Vegas, NV. My time wasn’t fast and this wasn’t my goal. My goal was just to finish before they close the circuit. Preparation Every person is different and you can read a lot about preparation regarding marathons on internet. I got 5 … Read more
In may 2016 I started, since the first time in my life, with running. Just to make sure I could make the finish line in september 2016 during a mudmaster race. Then there was the 5K run, the 12K mudmaster run and now, 18 months later I am a Las Vegas Marathon finisher ! I … Read more
Right now I am running for about one year which isn’t long yet. So I don’t have a lot of experience. The only experience I got is how my body reacts with running. Sometimes it’s difficult for me, because of my diabetes. I like to put all experience of others together and try to experiment … Read more
My Garmin ForeRunner 620 got a lot of nice features and one of them is the Virtual Partner. Although my intension was to run my last 6k on a quicker pace, I decided to test it with this feature. Normally I was running at pace or heart rate (During trainings). What is it ? With … Read more
Because I am living in The Netherlands, the metric system is what I know. I hope to run the Marathon of Las Vegas in 2017 and there everything is in Miles. To practies for the Marathon in the USA, I create a conversion chart so that I know how many KM I should run for … Read more