Running to Think

A small update from the running department. As some of you know, I set my next race to May 17, Trail de la Lesse. A 50 km trail run nearby Liege in Belgium. One more time to "feel the hill", pumping lactate around the blood stream. One more time to feel alive. The training of the last four weeks has changed to become harder and harder. A steep...

Believe it or not, Christmas is over. And with Christmas also candies, chocolate (a bit less for those who already abuse sugar on a daily basis), cakes, sugar, fat, pasta, fish, meat, panettone, bread, cakes and cakes and cakes. Every year I prepare myself for the toughest period of the year, that they refer to as Xmas. I even strategically try...

This summary will be short, for the reasons that will be clear in a minute. 21/04/2014 rest 22/04/2014 Went to Sart Tilman. Ran the usual loop around Bois de Saint Jean the first time with Francois, then I made it longer alone, which meant another loop. Total milage of 27 km and elevation gain of 550 meters.  Felt a bit of pain in the left...

14/04/2014 rest 15/04/2014 I decided to spend some time into the forest. When I am in Leuven I miss Sart Tilman, and the other way around. Long story short, 13 km in the forest. But at a moderate pace of 4':30" per km. 16/04/2014 rest 17/04/2014 14 km again in Leuven. Decided to add some spicy hills of 300 mt at about 12% elevation. I couldn't...

Two weeks after the not-easy-at-all 80 km of Paris, the only purpose has been to get back to the road with an easy pace and relax as much as possible.  7/04/2014 9 km on the hills of Sart Tilman. I must admit that I've been running easy here. Hills were not scary but I never tried to attack one. I also found a new path, quite steep, that...