Ultra X Rwanda 110K recap
Question: What do you do when you’ve completed a bunch of marathons and the idea of running another one isn’t as exciting anymore? Answer: you sign up for an ultra marathon! First of all, what is an ultra marathon? Ultra running events have different distances. It can be 50K, 100K, 100 miles, or even more. For Ultra X Rwanda, there were two options: 50K or 110K. I couldn’t imagine doing more than 50K for my first mountainous trail run, so I signed up for that distance. Durin
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I do scary things
Over the Christmas holidays, my older sister and her husband got into a big argument because of me. They disagreed about driving me to the airport or letting me drive myself. It had been hailing since a few hours, but it wasn’t freezing so my sister wasn’t concerned. My brother in law, who won the argument, pointed to my well-known fear of driving, and insisted on bringing me there. Nobody asked me. Once we were in the car, I told my brother in law that I could have driven my
Jan 224 min read
Drenthe Trail Marathon
One more marathon on the books! It was my fifth full marathon (42 km/ 26 miles) overall, my third marathon of 2025, and my very first trail marathon. Dirt roads, forest trails and a few little hills in cold and slightly rainy Drenthe, which is in the northern part of The Netherlands. It's only a 30-minute drive further north to get to Groningen, the city I'm from. The event was relatively small, which is typical for off-road running races. There's nothing commercial or hyped
Jan 134 min read
