Category: cycling

the Bretzel Quintuple — this is my happy place now…

A long race, so a long story… Feel free to just look at the pictures, but I just couldn’t possibly keep this one shorter than it is… Seeing…

50.000km and counting…

Looking back in my old travel-journals I was traveling on my bike for a total of 21.840km before I decided that I needed another challenge… So when I…

a virtual mini-vacation…

(or: “why do I always fall for these stupid ideas…”) Let’s start with a little history… In 2008, whilst cycling to the south of Spain, I decided to…

Terheijden Long Course Weekend…

As far as small-scale events go, this one is as small as it gets… Only 12 athletes showed up for the first edition of the Terheijden Long Course…

August update…

sometimes your memory can play tricks on you… It’s a sunny day on the bike, and I’m riding on the Brutal course. Somewhere during the terrible climb to…

July update…

back to where it all began… Sometimes I forget that it’s only been 4 years since my first irondistance-race… What once started as a ‘once in a lifetime’…

June update…

…a 1/6th triple… I’m in the water at the start of a small-scale middle-distance triathlon. The speaker announces that the start signal will be a gunshot, and seconds…

May update…

It’s a weekend filled with good company, camping, talking about past and future adventures, and three days with three races… The campsite is packed with teammates, some who…

July update

long cycling… It’s 9AM, and I’m only 500meters from my house. When I check my Garmin I smile, I’ve never cycled as much on a single day as…

June update

night riding… I smile when I exit my street. It’s 2.30AM, and I just decided to add a small extra lap to my bike-training, just to make sure…