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Trail des Bosses, 30k of heaven, 35k of hell
Walking out of the front door into a thick fog and welcomed by the sight of the frozen-over windshield of my car, I immediately knew what to expect from Trail des Bosses. Or at least I thought I knew....
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Run The Planet!
Hi all.This is one of those in-between-messages: there isn't much worth talking about at the moment. I'm running a bit more again, did about 62k two weekends ago, then got sick for about a week,...But...
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Sfinx Ekiden Gent, a short report
27th and 28th out of 175 company teams. That's the verdict after last Saturday's Ekiden. One we we can all by pretty proud of. Especially since we made two teams that are more or less equal instead of...
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Run the mountains!
Just got back from the annual Twoo team event! Not as much running this year since I went snowboarding for the first time in my life, which was actually really nice. But I didn't let the chance to run...
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Boston marathon
I've always liked the running community. I like to believe that it's a closer, tighter community than for example soccer, F1 or cyclism. And the more I get involved, the more I believe this to be true....
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42k of friendship
"Fuck" must have been the first thing that went through my mind. Either that or "Shit", when I felt a bolt of pain go through my left calf last Friday. Whichever it was, it was followed by thoughts of...
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I am Johan Musseeuw - Loop van Vlaanderen
De ronde van Vlaanderen is one of those events where legends are born, where heroes fall and those same fallen heroes, keen on revenge, rise again. Merckx, Boonen, Schotte, Museeuw. You see grown men...
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Plans, plans, plans
Alright, it's been a while. And I'm not going to write much now either.But here's THE NEWS:I ran Brussels 20k in a very nice time . Finished in around 1:18, even though I took the first 7-8k "easy" and...
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Nacht van Vlaanderen, A love story
It's 17h30. I pack my stuff and leave work. It's been a busy week with short nights and less running than I'd hoped for. Last Saturday's 20k went great, but still... On top of that, I've eaten nothing...
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To find yourself in the mountains
Another year, another team event. Unlike last year, I've decided to skip the snowboarding and go full on for running. Some goals coming up and well, I just like running a whole lot more. On top of...
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Crêtes de Spa
After some heavy runs in Austria, I was all ready for my first trail since, well, a long time. Of course, there'd been some long distance runs in the past few months, but nothing official like this...
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Déjame Vivir
About a month ago, Kilian Jornet & Seb Montaz released the second chapter of the “Summits of my Life” series: “Déjame Vivir” or, freely translated, “Let me live”. The summits of my life series were...
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La Bouillonnante 2014
Saturday, 4h50. Damn you alarm clock. But no time to waste because today I’m running La Bouillonnante. For once I managed to enter in time and the fact that this race always sells out so fast makes me...
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Unbreakable – The Western States 100
The Western States 100 is one of those legendary races. Probably the most legendary one on North-american territories. Take that as a starting point, add a battle between 4 of the greatest trail...
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Death of a shoe: Kinvara TR review
Another shoe has left us. After last weekend’s “La Bouillonnante“, it’s time to say goodbye to my precious Saucony Kinvara TR’s. We’ve been through a lot together, on a rather short notice of time....
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The Marathon: less talk, more run
Marathons. There’s something legendary about them, which is probably why they appeal fascinating to so many. Of course, there’s the story of Pheidippides to feed the legend. There are the amazing...
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In the High Country – Movie review
Anton Krupicka is without a doubt one of my favourite ultra runners out there. I’ve been following his blog and short videos for a while now, so I just had to see “in the high country”. and well, i...
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Loop van Vlaanderen 2014 preview
Alright, I just decided to turn doubts into decisions and run the 2nd edition of the “Loop van Vlaanderen” tomorrow. Last year went really well and that kind of raised the bar for this year. And since...
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Loop Van Vlaanderen 2014
Alright! Today was the day: Loop van Vlaanderen. After unexpectedly entering the top 20 last year in 4h12, public ambitions for this year were to do better. Secretly however, I put the bar higher and...
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