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About Me

My next marathon is the California International Marathon (CIM) in Sacramento on December 2nd this year, and my goal is to run at a pace of 7:15 minutes per mile or faster; that way I would qualify for the Boston Marathon.

The graphic below is to keep track of my training progress. On the X-axis you can see the training day plus the distance run on that day, while you can see the pace (minutes per mile) on the Y-axis. The green and red lines illustrate my San Francisco Marathon pace (July 29th, 2007) and the target pace for the CIM (December 2nd, 2007), respectively. The blue line shows the pace for each training session. The final goal is to run the 26.2 miles at a pace below the red line.
(Last updated on September 26th)
When you let me fall
I grew my own wings
Now I'm as tall as the sky
When you let me drown
I grew gills and fins
Now I'm as deep as the sea
When you let me die
My spirit's free
There's nothing challenging me.
~ Ring the Bells - James

My Interests

http://keepachildalive.org

I'd like to meet:

Inspiring, truthful and interesting people.

Music:

U2 Snow Patrol The Killers The Arcade Fire Led Zeppelin The Who The White Stripes Stereophonics Smashing Pumpkins Nirvana Jimi Hendrix Foo Fighters Cranberries Bush Keane Red Hot Chili Peppers Weezer Angels and Airwaves Rocko and the Devils

Movies:

Seven Years in Tibet, U2 Go Home, An Inconvenient Truth, The Secret.

Television:

Star Trek: The Next Generation, X-Files. Lived without a TV for so long now, how peaceful :)

Books:

The Art of Happiness, Mind Trek, The Dark Tower, Warped Passages, An Inconvenient Truth, Celestine Prophecy, Quantum Physics, Ecopsychology, The Alchemist

Heroes:

Mother Nature, Bono, Gandhi, Mikao Usui, Gautama Buddha.

My Blog

December 2nd, California International Marathon

It's 4 days after the SF Marathon, after which I could hardly walk for 2 days. As I moved around like a penguin I created a new 18-weeks training program..... training for what? Another mara...
Posted by Hans on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:12:00 PST

The San Francisco Marathon adventure

What an amazing ride the San Francisco marathon has been! Going back to December last year, when I crossed the finish line in Honolulu after having finished my first marathon in 4:44 I was not comple...
Posted by Hans on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:36:00 PST

Marathon is on sunday!

Hi! Less than 7 days to go for the San Francisco marathon. I would like to thank all of you who sent messages of support, and those who donated to the Keep A Child Alive organization through m...
Posted by Hans on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:02:00 PST

Hill training in Flatland

If you have ever been to the city where I live you will know what I'm talking about... it's flat here.. really flat. Of course I'm used that as I was born and raised in The Netherlands, 5 metres ...
Posted by Hans on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 04:28:00 PST

16 miles went well - 2 weeks to go - getting excited/nervous!

On Saturday I ran 6 miles, in the parks and streets of Davis, wearing shoes and my new anti-blister Wright socks. I'm still using the anti-blister patches on my heels, and these help a lot: the bliste...
Posted by Hans on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:58:00 PST

Training with shoes again!

Because of the blister 'disaster' a bit more than a week ago, after the 20 mile run, I missed two training sessions. Last Thursday I started training again on the elliptical trainer without shoes...
Posted by Hans on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:34:00 PST

Training again... without shoes

The blister is healing slowly but well. The area surrounding it is no longer inflammated and the infection has been gone for some days now. I can still not wear shoes that touch my heel. I have missed...
Posted by Hans on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:06:00 PST

Keeping my fingers crossed

This week had an unfortunate start with a blister that covers the whole back of my right heel. Cleaning it regularly and treating it with an antibiotic cream is all that can be done now. That and.... ...
Posted by Hans on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 04:56:00 PST

The long run - warning: not for the faint-hearted

It is 5:20 am, Monday morning, and I have been lying awake for the last few hours. The huge blister on my right ankle is hurting quite a lot and it doesn't allow me to sleep. Yesterday was the day wit...
Posted by Hans on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 06:17:00 PST

I'm a Guinea pig

I'm participating in a study for the identification of risk factors for Achilles tendon injuries. Yesterday I had the first session and they measured all kinds of metrics related to my lower leg and ...
Posted by Hans on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:58:00 PST