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Father of two | OLY Beijing 2008 | MSc Human movement science VU Amsterdam | Lifelong endurance sports enthousiast

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Γ–-13: Morituri te salutant - 100km del Passatore race report πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Why didn't that smuggler use a shorter route?

100km del Passatore - race report.

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02.06.2025 06:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trots op de vele PRs die dit jaar al zijn behaald door onze AV Unitas junioren hardloopgroep.
Van 600m tot 5000m, u12 tot u18, jongens en meisjes. De jongens worden inmiddels al zo snel dat ik ze bijna niet meer kan bijhouden…

27.04.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Passatore training update Is becoming too fit actually a thing?

You can learn a lot from trying to achieve something you have never done before. During that process, the main constraint can shift.
Sometimes it feels like you have gone full circle and are back at square one. Until you realize you’re not...
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06.04.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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First time the body took a hit after a long run. Not surprised, as nausea made it impossible to eat or drink in the last 15k

17.03.2025 06:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Learned a lot of things during todays long run / race simulation. Main point is that I’m fit enough to run 71k in 7h03 (1050m elevation), but that I wouldn’t have finished a 100k today. 10 weeks to go to Passatore

16.03.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Γ–-25: Another extreme challenge πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ SwimRun World Champs and a 100 km ultrarun within three months 🫣

Γ–-25: not about Γ–tillΓΆ, but about my other endurance challenge this year: 100km del Passatore

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10.03.2025 06:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh f%#ck, we got a Wildcard! Γ– - 29 weeks: Kicking off this substack

I’ve finally switched from consuming to contributing on Substack.
Together with teammate Bart van der Wal I will share bits and pieces around our journey towards Γ–tillΓΆ World Championships

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10.02.2025 06:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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60k run - check

Would I finish Passatore if I had to do it today? Probably.

Would I be able to run the full distance and/or finish sub10h? Highly unlikely.

Fortunately, there are still more than 3 months to go.

09.02.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oops, crazy plan #2 has just hatched. Thanks Γ–tillΓΆ for awarding us a wildcard!

03.02.2025 08:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sometimes, when I feel like it, one of those easy runs turns into a steady (β€˜zone 2’) run. Maybe once every 14 days, I don’t plan those.

Besides running, I swim 2-3x per week for 1 hour and do a 8’ bodyweight circuit every day.

That’s it. Boring, right?

26.01.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, I know I only post details after β€˜extreme’ workouts. But that’s because the rest is extremely boring.
- I run 4-5x per week.
- Every 14 days I do one LONG run (like today) and one HARD run (5k race or 10-15x60” hill).
- All other runs are 30-60min easy runs, some with strides.

26.01.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Energy intake between laps only. 900ml water, 1150ml Maurten360, 2 gels and 1 bar.

Lost 1,2kg including 1,8kg total from bathroom breaks, so I guess I drank enough to counter sweat losses today. Not too difficult, as temperature was low (3-7 Celsius).

26.01.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Another step towards Passatore in the books. 55k long run in BYU-style (7x 7,9km, start every hour) for a total running time of 5h20 and 630m elevation. All run by feel, 50” difference between fastest and slowest lap (5:45 - 5:51/km).

26.01.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Crazy plans for 2025, part 1: 100km del Passatore

08.01.2025 08:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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