As you may know, I am going to participate in this week’s 50k Golden Ring Ultra Trail in Russia. And I am very happy to announce that we managed to interview Michael Dolgy, the founder of this trail event! For the 3rd time it is held in Suzdal, some 200k outside Moscow. The name of the trail is given by the so-called Golden Ring of Russia’s small but amazingly … [Read more...] about Interview with Michael Dolgy, Founder of Golden Ultra Trail in Russia
Races
Velserbroekloop 2017: A Race With A Fun Start
On Friday evening, 7 July 2017, I participated in the 10k Velserbroekloop. I decided to enter the race only a few days before when I was looking for some more training opportunities to prepare for my 50k trail at the Golden Ring Ultra Trail in Russia. I know Velserbroek very well from the time when one of my best friends lived there and I visited him regularly. And since I … [Read more...] about Velserbroekloop 2017: A Race With A Fun Start
Moscow Half Marathon 2016, Running Along The Moskva River And Red Square – Part 1
For 2016 I decided to have a few international races in my calendar, and one of them was the Moscow Half Marathon. The idea for this race came from my girlfriend, to combine a weekend in Moscow together with a race. It would be the second race outside the Netherlands, after my Strong Viking adventure in Belgium in April. The journey started on Friday 13th of May by taking my … [Read more...] about Moscow Half Marathon 2016, Running Along The Moskva River And Red Square – Part 1
VenloStormt: What Was Supposed To Be A Great Race Weekend…
On the weekend of 10-11 June, 2017 I and my SpartainFit team took part in the OCR event called VenloStormt, in the town of Venlo situated in the south-east of the Netherlands close to the German border. It was a 2-race weekend: one was a 1,3k sprint race with about 11 obstacles on Saturday, and on Sunday there were 3 distances - 7,1k, 11,3k and 22k. Our team was … [Read more...] about VenloStormt: What Was Supposed To Be A Great Race Weekend…