Welcome back to my running blog! 13th of April is getting closer! On that day I will run the NN Marathon Rotterdam 2025 , which will be exactly 9 weeks after my last marathon - making it my fastest turn around so far. I follow a schedule where I have 3 peak weeks followed by 3 weeks of recovery (taper weeks). This is my 3th peak week in which I want to run roughly 90 km (peak week 1: 77km , peak week 2: 86 km). After today’s run I completed 29 / 90 km - so I still have a busy week ahead!

Hi all, Welcome back to my running blog! With 26 days to go until the NN Marathon Rotterdam 2025, I find myself in my third and last peak week before reducing my weekly kilometers and focus on recovery. Today I will split the effort into two training sessions so I could do my morning run with a friend that just got back from an 8 month trip.

Hi all, welcome back to my running blog! With the NN Marathon Rotterdam 2025 in exactly four weeks, I finished my second peak week. Whereas I aimed to do roughly 80km this week - I finished the week with 86km. I was a little in doubt what to do this morning as I only needed 16km to reach weekly goal - but doing longer and slower runs might also be beneficial for my running economy. So I was considering 16 to 26 km and decided after 12km to settle for 21 km so I will preserve some energy for my next week which will be the last peak week before the taper starts.

Hi all, welcome back to my #running blog! With 4 weeks to go until the NN Marathon Rotterdam I am nearing the end of my second peak week. While my initial goal for this week was 80 km, I am currently at 64 km and have my subday long run still open. I decided to lower the distance on tomorrow’s run a little bit but we will definitly meet and exceed the goal.

Hi all, Welcome back to my running blog! With 30 days left to the Rotterdam Marathon and 9 days of peak days before taper weeks start I feel I can honestly say I am confident on my training sofar. Last week I did 77 km, this week I planned to do 80 km. With 2 days left I already completed 56 km. Meaning I can replace my sunday long run with an easier run and still make my weekly target. Or I might just beat the target and add a few extra kilometers.. not sure yet, but great to have some options and let your body determine.

Hi all! Welcome back to my running blog! In one month I will be one of the 17000 runners for the full marathon of Rotterdam. Source: Last year, I unexpectedly managed to get a ticket 2 weeks before the event. Which meant that I had to start in startwave 5 - which was not compatible with my goal time having difficulties finding enough space to find my own rhythm. This year I was allowed early access to the the ticket sale - which sold out within a hour after general sale started! Now I start in startwave 1 - right after the professionals! Sofar my trainingsblock is one of the most smooth trainingblocks I have done - so quite confident that Rotterdam will be lots of fun!