Restaurants and other creative companies in container boxes. A great idea, which we had also seen in London. Saint Petersburg also has a space like that, but bigger. Lots of container restaurants to chose from! We Continue Reading
The alarm clock went off super early, I made a mistake the night before. So nervous! Tried to sleep a bit more, but I was already awake. The day of the triathlon! It all felt like it wasn’t real. Good that Continue Reading
Doing Ironman is almost easy compared to taking your own bike to a race in Russia. I agree, this is a bold statement, but you can judge for yourself… Booking the flight I booked via Delta: “Please Continue Reading
It’s the evening before the flight to Russia, 5 nights until the triathlon. What if nobody speaks English at the Russian triathlon? What if the airline does not accept my bike? What if we can’t get Continue Reading
The game is called: Ironman training in epic places. When I started I knew training was not going to be fun, so why not combine it with travel, which I love? So we are going to Saint Petersburg in Russia. Not to Continue Reading
When asked how to improve cycling skills, the first thing people say is “Bike fit”! I had no idea what that meant, so I asked around. It turned out that a member of the “Barcelona Road Cycle Group” Meetup is also a Continue Reading
Runkeeper said it was time for new shoes. I tracked 500 km in them, and some more. I also wanted to know if something had changed since I bought my new shoes, as I am running more and more. So I visited Runners Continue Reading
The city of Groningen, in the north of Holland, is a city I know well. I studied here, registered and started my company here and my mother and also some close friends live nearby. They recommended eating at De Continue Reading
My sister Rosalie lives in Amsterdam and she always does a lot of sport. I use to laugh about that, just did not understand why. In hindsight I guess that must have annoyed her. Sorry Rosalie! Now I finally Continue Reading
In Italy I did two runs, of about the same distance. One was in a hotelgym, looking in the mirror, in a hot room. The other was in the vineyards, on desolate roads, in the countryside. Guess which one I liked best? Continue Reading
