Later this afternoon I have a meeting with my coach to discuss the training of the next days. In the evening I will do an easy run with Tarik Moukrime. Next week it`s the goal to join a Kenyan training group. The view from my room (Rift Valley):
The trip to Kenya is an adventure in itself but everything went really smooth. I need to type on a qwerty computer so once in a while there will be some typing errors. So far I have run twice times easy with Koen who`s entering his final marathon preparations. I am stunned by his professionalism and drive. The house of Koen is build on one of the higgest point of the Rift valley. My body clearly feels the altitude so I will do nothing crazy (fast) in the first days. Apart from that it would be great if Eva would have been able to join me on this trip, I will definitely miss her in the following weeks.
Later this afternoon I have a meeting with my coach to discuss the training of the next days. In the evening I will do an easy run with Tarik Moukrime. Next week it`s the goal to join a Kenyan training group. The view from my room (Rift Valley):
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Almost time to live and train with the Kenyans. Below a teaser: Patrick Makau (WR Holder).26/3/2012 So far so good, my marathon preparation for Antwerpen is going perfect. Salavarda wants that we are 100% fit when we start the one month training camp at altitude. To be honest at the moment I feel really good even without some important training sessions that are needed to be at the top of my game. Today I will drive with Eva to Venlo (NL) for running a half marathon. On wednesday I want to run my first easy run on trails in Iten. The Dutch Elite marathoner Koen Raymaekers will be my host. Koen is a much stronger athlete then me, so it will be perfect to watch and learn how he lives and trains. Once in a while I will post some training secrets of him, so stay tuned. Greetings Lander. Today Salavarda gave me his latest instructions for the following 14 days, I will run a lot of milage combined with some intensive efforts.
Upcoming saturday there is standing a fast track training on the menu, I will post the times of the 2000m intervals after the training. Dame and Almensh will be my training companions. On Sunday 25 march it's time for the Venloop, this half marathon is without any doubt my favorite race over this distance. Every year the race director Carel van Nisselroy is doing a great job by making sure that there is a competitive field going from 60 minutes to 70 minutes athletes over the half marathon distance. This race has been growing every year and the atmosphere is phenomenal. If you want more information about the venloop click here. Good luck with your upcoming training runs. Greetings Lander After a relaxing saturday afternoon in the athletes hotel everybody was ready to run as hard as possible on the fast flat course in Den Haag. For me this race was an important indicator of my current shape. With a time below 1h 05' this was a good race. Willem Van Schuerbeeck ran an great race with 1h 04'19" as result. I am really happy for Willem because he deserved this superb time. Our friend Stefan Van Den Broeck ran a rock solid 1h 05' 25".
My teammate Florent Caelen was a little bit sick and finished in 1h 07'39". But no worries he will be fit when it counts on 22 april. Florent, Salavarda and Moukrime are going to Kenya next thursday for a six weeks training period at altitude. Now it's time to spice up the training with kilometers. This week a track training (2000m intervals) on saturday with Dame Tasama in Leuven. When you want to join us, feel free to send me an e-mail. Greetings Lander My next race is upcoming sunday, the level of fitness is high, so time to run fast. Can you find me on the picture below? Quite some time ago. Greetings Lander
My training partner will be Willem Van Schuerbeeck, he's preparing the Rotterdam marathon and he gave me a good impression during our last training. We will run about 28 km with increasing the pace during the run, this training is hard but really meaningful when you want to run a fast marathon. Below Willem and me during the provincial half marathon championchips in 2011, we both ran this race as training. Greetings Lander
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