100km del Passatore - race report.

It’s time to give something back to the environment.

Trots op de vele PRs die dit jaar al zijn behaald door onze AV Unitas junioren hardloopgroep. Van 600m tot 5000m, u12 tot u18, jongens en meisjes. De jongens worden inmiddels al zo snel dat ik ze bijna niet meer kan bijhouden….

You can learn a lot from trying to achieve something you have never done before. During that process, the main constraint can shift. Sometimes it feels like you have gone full circle and are back at square one. Until you realize you’re not.

First time the body took a hit after a long run. Not surprised, as nausea made it impossible to eat or drink in the last 15k

Learned a lot of things during todays long run / race simulation. Main point is that I’m fit enough to run 71k in 7h03 (1050m elevation), but that I wouldn’t have finished a 100k today. 10 weeks to go to Passatore.

Ö-25: not about Ötillö, but about my other endurance challenge: the 100km del Passatore.

I’ve finally switched from consuming to contributing on @SubstackInc .Together with teammate Bart van der Wal I will share bits and pieces around our journey towards Ötillö World Championships.

60k run - check!. Would I finish Passatore if I had to do it today? Probably. Would I be able to run the full distance and/or finish sub10h? Highly unlikely. Fortunately, there are still 3 months to go

Oops, crazy plan #2 has just hatched. Thanks @otillorace for awarding us a wildcard!

Sometimes, when I feel like it, one of those easy runs turns into a steady (‘zone 2’) run. Maybe once every 14 days, I don’t plan those. Besides running, I swim 2-3x per week for 1 hour and do a 8’ bodyweight circuit every day. That’s it. Boring, right?.

@MaurtenOfficial Yes, I know I only post details after ‘extreme’ workouts. But that’s because the rest is extremely boring. I run 4-5x per week. Every 14 days I do one LONG run (like today) and one HARD run (5k race or 10-15x60” hill). All other runs are 30-60min easy runs, some with strides.

Energy intake between laps only. 900ml water, 1150ml @MaurtenOfficial 360, 2 gels and 1 bar. Lost 1,2kg including 1,8kg total from bathroom breaks, so I guess I drank enough to counter sweat losses today. Not too difficult, as temperature was low (3-7 Celsius).

Another step towards Passatore in the books. 55k long run in BYU-style (7x 7,9km, start every hour) for a total running time of 5h20 and 630m elevation. All run by feel, 50” difference between fastest and slowest lap (5:45 - 5:51/km).

RT @Danlorang: Athletes often underestimate the power of sharing their feelings and sensations as a valuable tool for their coach.While dat….

Crazy plans for 2025, part 1: 100km del Passatore

This year’s holiday reading selection. Might need to start saving for NZL coast to coast after all @JohnHellemans #bucketlist

Last run of the year. Didn’t expect to come this close to 17:59 after Sunday. No supershoes either, so room for improvement. More impressive however was the 18:43 of my 13yo nephew. Not sure I will be able to beat him again next year.

Solid @otillorace / #100kmdelpassatore training this weekend. 100x100m swim on Saturday followed by 3h hill run on Sunday. Sure, Ötillö is not a pool swim and Passatore isn’t run at sub-zero degrees, but still happy with how easy these sessions went.

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