Diary
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Speed Pedelec Commuting
Back in 2017 I sold my motorbike and bought a second hand speed pedelec to bike to work. Stromer was gaining popularity and I did a couple of test rides on one. Besides being fast the bike was obviously also very expensive and I decided to opt for a second hand demo model of Cannondale…
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5k run in May
Yesterday I went for what I thought would be a 4k run building up the distance again after not having run for a while. Work has been very busy lately with an endless sequence of meetings to attend and no time for lunch runs anymore. Come to think about it, lunch has been replaced by…
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Dok 14
Today we met with friends in Cadzand to celebrate the ‘lentefeest’ of their youngest kid who recently turned 12. There were a few speeches and gifts and then we went for a late lunch on the beach at Dok 14. For me the weather was almost perfect. In the sunshine it was just warm enough…
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Brasserie Klein Zoersel
Yesterday we went for a family dinner to Brasserie Klein Zoersel in Malle to celebrate some may birthdays in the family. The place is well known and the location is quite unique with the terras at the back looking out over the natural reserve ‘s Herenbosch, pond included. We sat outside on the terras next…
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FIH Pro League Games Belgium – Spain 21 May 2022
2 earlier attempts in 2020 and 2021 to go and watch the Belgian Red Pathers and Red Lions hockey teams play failed due to covid. Last weekend we finally managed to actually go and watch a couple of games. As a bonus Merijn got elected to be in the line up so it was an…
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Tilburg D1 plays in Hoofdklasse next season
From the beginning of the season in the promotie klasse the ambition of Tilburg has been to achieve promotion to the Dutch hockey ‘premier league’ known as hoofdklasse. They were well on track as they were at the top of the league with 2 games to play. We went to watch the game of Tilburg…
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Hockey Match Leonidas D1 – Tilburg D1
Last Sunday we went to watch this game of Tilburg D1 away at Rotterdam. Since it was announced that Maddie Hinch was returning to the Netherlands to play in the promotieklasse with Tilburg we had the plan to go and watch her play. Unfortunately Tilburg D1 always play their games on Sunday at approximately the…
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Rambo Jurgen
In Belgium the news has been dominated the last couple of days by the search for a fugitive soldier named Jurgen Conings. He threatened to use violence against one of our most prominent and outspoken virologists, Marc Van Ranst. Marc was for a very long time a daily item in the news where he commented…
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The impact of Covid-19 on Running Shoes
Last week I had some time on Tuesday to go to Runner’s lab in Zaventem for a new pair of running shoes. The shoes I had were the previous model GT-4000 on which I had run a little over 550km by now. Strava had given me an alert about the mileage but the recommended fork…
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1000km running history on Strava
Yesterday I finally managed to go for a run again this week (too many online meetings) and I finally passed the 1k of registered running kilometers on Strava. For a person like me this is a veritable milestone as I am not a real runner. I have to force myself to go for a run…
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