Yes

I MADE IT!! I managed to finish the Dam tot Damloop in 1:45:55 baby! We started at Central Station and then had to run through the IJ-tunnel, onto the highway, which was pretty cool. It was a great experience, especially with all the people standing on the side cheering. One guy even yelled: 'Come on Chinese girl!' and another: 'Go Jill!', pretty funny.

Yan, aunt Cindy & my parents




Yes, I look like crap in this photo, but hey, I just ran 10 Mile...

#1 Dad!

One more Time

Contrary to the 15 km my Nike + iPod sensor registered, I only ran 12 km. I wanted to stop till I got to 16 km, but it got really dark outside. Now I just hope I haven't used all of my energy for Sunday.

Time to Pretend

How on earth am I going to run 10 mile Sunday...

Storm & Stress

Oh dear...

46071

Received my start number for the Dam tot Damloop. I'm totally not ready for it, argh!

Harder Better Faster

I ran a whole 'rondje Sloterplas'/ 40 minutes nonstop today, YES!

Sidestep

I really didn't feel like running and I didn't really had the time, so I just ran half an hour, sigh...

Feeling Good

Hopefully I can keep this up...

Tired

I finally calibrated my Nike + iPod sensor, but I seemed to lack energy after last time...

I Stand Corrected

I'm running the the Dam tot Damloop with CK, but we haven't practised together until now. Unlike me, she runs a whole 'rondje Sloterplas' without the need to take a break, sigh... It also turns out my Nike + iPod sensor isn't accurate! All this time it gave me the illusion I ran a few kilometers more than I did in reality. This is really taking a blow to my confidence...

Let the Beat build

After the 14 km, I felt I was allowed to take it a bit slow...

10K

Finally made it to 10K! Well, I actually ran 14 km, wohoo! Maybe 10 mile is possible after all...

My My My

One...month...left...

Let's take a walk

More walking than running...

Surf's Up

Went surfing for the first time today! Was supposed to get a surfing lesson, but somehow they didn't get the e-mail CK sent. So we decided to just rent surfing gear and try to catch some waves by ourselves. When we got to the surf school, there was another mix-up and they didn't have enough surfboards for us. We had to wait for an hour before we could surf, but we got to rent the gear for free due to all the inconvenience. Surfing is really difficult. I managed to (semi)stand on my board just once and my board smashed into my chin at one point, ouch... It was real fun nevertheless. Eventhough I was pretty beat, I decided to run 8 km when I got home, hardcore!

Work It Out

First of all, Happy 4th of July to all my American friends! My iPod was acting a bit strange as you can see above. For some reason it kept ending my workout.

Sunburn

Today was my first day at the beach of this summer! Sharon, Viv, Steven, Kien & I went to Zandvoort, where the weather was really nice with a little breeze. I still got pretty sunburned though. Once home, I managed to run 9 km, woohoo!

Runnin'

Two months left...

Unstoppable

Went running with my aunt today. She was totally badass, running the first kilometer straight in the blistering sun!

See the Sun

I gotta step on it, getting way too lazy, dammit...