Did I Say That

Did I Say That I would run on monday ? Yes, I did but I totally forgot to do so. After an excersice for almost 2 hours on my cross trainer I changed clothes and went out for an easy run. Did 10.07 km in 1h 05min - data can be found HERE . On teusday a training with my Athletics Club was on schedule and it started oke but after 3 out of 6 x 800m I stopped because of some small pain. Data of this training can be found HERE . On wednesday I did not train beacause of the same pain....

Did I Say That the Queens-Day is the best day for people to come to the Netherlands ? YES !! It's the best party in the world and the city of Amsterdam is the place to be on that day. This year a fool tried to change that with his car in the city of Apeldoorn. My thoughts go out to the family and friends of the 6 people who got killed and all those people who are in hospitals or at home hurt. The place where the fool hit all those people is wellknown to me . Last time I was there was during the Marathon of Apeldoorn in february...

After the 12th of February when I was in Antwerp (Belgium) I decided I wanted to see Tina Turner again so I check here tour. She did some concerts in the Netherlands but the data did not match my free time so I bought a ticket for the concert on the 30th of April in Antwerp , Belgium. Due to the disaster in the Netherlands my thoughts were not at the concert. Tina and her band did a fantastic job but sorry to say my mind was somewhere else. Here song ""Steamy Windows " I recored but after that I did not have the strenght anymore and besides that my batteries were empty - I totally forgot to upload them...

On the 1st of May I went by train to Knokke (Belgium) to run the 10k of Knokke. Didn't really knew what to expect. The last months I only did long slow distance and now I wanted to run a fast 10k. Well it went okay ... My time was 54minutes 25secondes. Not my fastest time (44min 45sec) but I happy to be back in business again ;-) Data of the race can be found HERE .

On saturday I went to Leiden (Netherlands) to join the running day organised by the Ropa Run Team "We Run Together" . The Ropa Run is World's Largest Relay Run and every year thousends of people run for the good cause. In the past they ran from ROtterdam to PAris but since a few years they are running from Paris (France) to Rotterdam (Netherlands). On the running day I followed some clinics. Nice was Ultra Running by Ida Verduin, okay was Running with Heart-Monitor by Henk van Driel and I really liked the clinic by former World Athlete Simon Vroemen ; always nice to see him !

Dreams

Some people have a dream of running the New York City Marathon . I wish them good luck but for me it is just as any other Marathon : 42 kilometers and 195 meters. Enjoy running and the place doesn't really matter to me. Loved running Amsterdam and Rotterdam Marathon. Ofcours NYCM was on my wishlist so when I saw that a local Athletics Club was planning of going to NY in 2010 I mailed them. Main reason is that New York City Marathon is getting more expensive every year. At this moment we (people from the Netherlands) have to pay more than 2000 euro's for this Marathon (Flight / Hotel / Starting-bib) . I won't see NY as a Dream but more as a fantastic event wich I will love. Sunday 7th of November : The day I will run NYCM !!

Autumn 2010 will be New York but also for this year (2009) I have great plans. On the 20th of september I will run the Leie Marathon in Belgium. In october I will run the Half Marathon in Eindhoven (Netherlands) . On sunday the 8th of November I will run the Marathon of Terschelling (Netherlands) also known as the Berenloop (Bear-Run) - This Marathon is the same day as New York only here you run at the beaches, the dunes and the small roads of the island of Terschelling. My goal for this year is to break my Marathon Record and I want to do this in Belgium.

Inspired by so many runners who are working on there speed I did a 5k run at my home town (Aalsmeer). No race or any kind of that - no just running 5k on a fast pace and hoping for a good time. The past months I only worked my endurance and not my speed so I was also curious of what time I could run. My heartrate exploded and I gave my all but my all wasn't good enough as I crossed the "finishline" and got scared : 28 minutes 10 seconds ! Damn... that is not a good time for me. You can see all the date on my MotionBased-page . During my cooling-down I decided to do a 5k-run every wednesday just to see how I can imrove myself. Looking forward to the 27th of May where I hope to be able to run a fast time. Fast enough to reach my expectations.

Tuesday I joined the my Athletics Club in Aalsmeer and our coach had planned of training the muscles ... those you won't train every day ;-) Well... these needed to be trained but aaarch what I had to do to finish this training. After this work-out the programme was 300m - 500m - 700m - 900m - 1100m - 900m - 700m - 500m - 300m. All the date can be seen on my MotionBased-page . The training went ok but I still need to improve my speed. On thursday we now are getting back in to the woods of Amsterdam to train. Advantage for me is the 8.7 kilometer wich I need to cycle to get to the training. It's a nice extra for me :-) Training went ok - check the date HERE . Cycling home I decided to do a sprint on my old bike - 5.47 kilometers in 14 minutes and 50 seconds. Nice time to set but ofcourse it could be faster and it will be faster !! This course will be done twice a week so stay in touch to see my improvement.

On monday evening and saturday morning I did 2 hours on the cross-trainer at home with fantastic music. Saturday I went to Deventer (eastern part of the Netherlands) where my sister and here boyfriend live. Sander celebrated his 26th birthday : PARTYTIME !! No more training for me in this weekend. Coming week will be a nice one : Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday normal working days with running-training in the evening. On thursday the 30th of april I will go to Antwerp (Belgium) for the concert of TINA TURNER !! Will be my second concert this tour and I am looking forward to this. On friday the 1st of may I will run a 10k-race in Knokke (Belgium). Saturday a runners-clinic and in the evening a musical. Hope I have enough courage to run a LSD (Long Slow Distance) on sunday .

The week after "The 60k of Texel"

What an amazing week it has been. On my live blog I had 75 (!) people who left a comment and on my full report another 39 (!) . During race day 2800 (!) page views ; 825 (!) unique visitors. Count the extra calls, text-sms's and emails and I think you can imagine I was quit impressed.






I did not finish my race over 60k and the only reason is that I had a serious chest pain at 40k. With all pains I would struggle but continue but with a thought of problems with my heart I got scared and stopped running. The 40k went easy in 4 hours 44 minutes 40 seconds - from than I walked to the 44k where my support was and stopping my watch after 5 hours 27 minutes. Next day went to the doktor and hospital and lucky me - I do not have to worry for my health. Hated that I stopped but I do think this was the only right descission. Looking forward to the year 2011 when this fanastic race will be held next time. TEXEL 2011 - YOU'RE MY GOAL


My following goal for now ? ? Hardloop4daagse Apeldoorn - this means running 100k in 6 stages in 4 days. Starting friday evening 29th of may with a stage of 16.4k - at saturday (30th of may) morning a stage of 20.4k - at saturday evening a stage of 14.7k - at sunday (31st of may) a stage of 8.7k - at sunday afternoon a stage of 18.8k and on monday (1st of june) a final stage of 21.2k. This is one of my favourite races !! Finished in 2007 this in 10 hours 59 minutes and 24 seconds and finished in 2008 this 100k in 10 hours 39 minutes and 14 seconds - My goal for 2009 is finishing in any time below 10 hours ! ! Come and take a look at the website Hardloop4daagse - also available in english, german and frensh.

Besides running long distance I have another passion : MUSIC !! My width range of music is sometimes a problem , Love going to concerts and meet the stars afterward. My absolute favourites are Meat Loaf , Tina Turner , Golden Earring and Bon Jovi but also Street Dogs , Wende , Danny de Munk , Anthrax and Krezip make me happy !! Happy to inform you all the I will see Lenny Kravitz on saturday 4th of July at the Westerpark in Amsterdam (Netherlands).

BJORN'S MOTIONBASED WEBPAGE

Since I started running with a "Garmin Forerunner 305" I just love the page of MotionBased. You can upload your training there and view all info what you have done and also where you have run. I you have any suggestions / comments on my training I would be happy if you would inform me.

Saturday 18th of April I went together with my mothers friend to Roosendaal where we have an Indoor SkyDive Center !! It was an amazing feeling to actually fly for real. So far I never jumped out an airplane with a parachute but after this day I can't wait to do. This day I made some video's and pictures and put that together to a nice YouTube video:

BJORN IS FLYING @ INDOOR SKYDIVE ROOSENDAAL

It was really late when I got home on saturday. On sunday had an easy day . Coming week I will start with my training program to the end of May. This blog will be updated every week.

WWW,RUNOUTOFHELL.NL GOES INTERNATIONAL

If you are able to read the dutch I kindly invite you to visit www.runoutofhell.nl - If not on this blog I start write in english for all my international fans ;-) Who am I ? ? 29 Year old nice guy who loves running long distance. Two-time-Olympic-Fan (went to Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008) and my future holidays for every 4 years are set (London 2012 , ? 2016 , ? 2020 , etc etc). So far has ran 5 Marathons (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Duisburg, Spijkenisse and Apeldoorn) and the fastest went in 4:21:54 but... wish to beat that time at the Leie Marathon on the 20th of September 2009 in Belgium. Nice of you all to stop by - make me happy and leave your comments :-) ! !