My Personal Blog
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
As you can see in my post My First Marathon, I finished the Las Vegas Marathon 2017. It wasn’t a pleasure walk. It needed preparation and a lot of research regarding my diabetes. Here are my personal 5 tips to run with Diabetes and finish a marathon. Tip 1 : Fill yourself with Carbs ! … 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
Since a time I am running with a Garmin 620 sportwatch. It should be capable to predict your time on different distances. Race Predictor : Is it possible ? My VO2max right now is just 42. I know it’s not high, but atleast I am running frequently and I like it ! Sometimes I am … Read more
My diabetes wasn’t stable all the time and I knew when I was sporting, the results were way better. That’s why I did the Mud Masters 2016 in Biddinghuizen. Of course I choose the smallest distance, which was 6 Km. Mud Masters 2017 My next challange was the Mud Masters Haarlemmermeer 2017 12Km. This time … Read more
It’s easy when you’re prepared ! Last Sunday it was my first 5K run and I am proud ! I was prepared and it wasn’t too hard for me. My goal was just to finish and have a nice run. I didn’t had any goal time. It’s not that I was unprepared. The last weeks … Read more
HELP : Treadmill is slippery ! Although Joost likes running outside, he bought a second hand treadmill for indoor running. This time he don’t have any excuse to not to practice running. Because the person who sold the treadmill didn’t have any clue regarding cleaning and countenancing the treadmill, Joost had to do the job. … Read more