Running

Running adventures

When not doing research, I am a fanatic long-distance runner. On this page, you can find updates on my running adventures.

Personal best:

5 km: 16.08 (04-04-2025)

10km: 34.05 (13-04-2025)

Half marathon: 1.16.59 (12-01-2025)

Marathon: 2.43.33 (13-10-2024)

100km: 8.27.16 (14-09-2024)

# of marathons: 14

# of ultras: 5

Upcoming races:

-Berlin Marathon (21-9): Going for that six-star medal 2/6

-Chicago Marathon (8-10): Going for that six-star medal 3/6

Past races:

2025

-Blackpool marathon (27-4): Tried hard and absolutely crashed in the last 10k. Onto the next one

-Three bridges 10k (13-04): Taking the win and first time ever under 35 minutes!

-Power of 5k (04-04): Tiny 4-second PB on the 5k

-Power of 5k (07-02): Another PB! Slowly closing in on a sub-16 minutes 5k

-Halve van Egmond (12-01): First unexpected PB of the year

2024

-Morecambe 10 miles (18-11): Horrendous British weather, but first place and first time breaking 1 hour (57.17) over 10 miles

-Eindhoven Marathon (13-10): 6-minute PB on the marathon! Increased mileage paying off

-Run Winschoten (14-09): My first 100km! Started too fast, crashed at 60km, but finished

-Bergen parkrun (07-09): Last burst of speed on my hilliest parkrun ever

-Vooroeverloop (01-09): Failed to get that sub 35 minutes 10km, but finished 1st

-Boston Twilight 5000 (25-7): From the trails to the track in 5 days is not recommended. Still a tiny 2 sec PB on the 5k

-Eiger Ultra (21-7): 53km Panorama trail. Beautiful course and exceeded top 100 goal

-Rotterdam Ekiden 5k (6-7): 1 second PB (16.44) on the 5k as part of a 6-person marathon-relay team. Finished second among the mixed teams (2.30.20)

-Boston Waterfront 5k (9-6): Finished 3rd in a PB (16.18), but the course was unfortunately 120 meters too short

-Koning van Spanje Ultimate (10-5 till 12-5): 18+43+30km trails through the beautiful hills around my hometown. Finished in 3rd place!

-Alkmaar City Run 5k (8-5): Zigzagging through "Business runners"

-Boston Marathon (15-4): Not the time I was hoping for, but still one of the best crowds to run through

-Heuvelland marathon (17-3): Finished on the podium (3th) at a trail marathon through the hills of my hometown

-CPC half marathon (10-3): Paced my brother to a new PB

-Goodbye tour (19-02): Ran 75km from the university where I did my BSc to the university where I did my MPhil and PhD to end a decade at Dutch universities

2023

-Great Langdale marathon (21-10): "has a reputation as the toughest road marathon in the UK" and one of the most beautiful races I've ran. Finished in second place.

-Morecamb Marathon (8-10): Just short of my PB, but won!

-Halve van Haarlem (24-09): Unexpected PB and a great test for the full marathon!

-Big 10 (03-09): Gambled on a sub 35min 10km and lost. Trying again next time

-Boston Twilight 5000 (17-08): First ever track race and a PB on the 5km

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