A "Watt" appreciation post is in order and perhaps even long overdue. We are still out competing together, last weekend a CER80, which had been a while due to my heart condition. And or course we have done twice that distance in the past, so it should be easy but both of us are getting that bit older. More noticeably for me I'm as not as ...
This is an old piece (4 years ago to be precise) I wrote after being part of the Dutch team for the 2019 European Championships. It still resonates very much with me, especially now I have taken a little break from endurance until the youngsters are old enough to start. Watt and me will be doing other fun stuff in the mean time. Have a read, s...
A while ago I turned 50... And I took stock of my body and how it is doing, looks and wear-and-tear wise. And I must say, I have seen a lot of 50 year olds that look a lot worse (and a good few who look better ?), but overall I'm not too bad. Wear-and-tear wise it's probably a little less, I am getting more and more aches and pains, but t...
Nominated! You might have seen that the Wonderful Watt and me have been nominatively entered for the European Championships 2021 in Ermelo The Netherlands! We have worked hard for it, and even though the preparation did not all quite go as planned, but I am proud to be on that list. Even more exciting as it is in our home country and it would ...
