Beautiful race with a great field. For me the race came too early but it gave a good indication of my shape without running myself into the ground. Time for some mental patching. Some guys need to say "ik ben den beste" others just need to listen to some nice music ;-) The last weeks were very hard for me with the unexpected passing of our CEO Luc De Proost. We will never forget him! For me personally this news hit me hard and it had a lot of impact on my own work. Obviously it's important to be loyal to your organisation in exceptional situations like this.
In terms of running my coach Salavarda and me have only two goals, that's running a fast marathon in April and October. All my training and races will be in function of these two marathons. Next sunday I will run the half marathon in Egmond (NL) for testing my current shape. To conclude I wish for you a sporty and an injury free 2013. Greetings Lander Simply because runners love nature. Some special music but some brilliant images of Iceland. Enjoy.29/12/2012 Let's start with a photo impression by Eva Sammels.This cross country race is so beautiful and also perfectly organized. Every year Frans and Trudie are giving Eva and me a warm welcome in Tilburg, my wife loves this race in the forest.
For my coach it was a great day because his pupil Dame Tasama ran outstanding and at the end he was the best runner of a whole gang of skilled XC athletes. The combination of Dame his talent, his work ethic and the training program of Salavarda are a lethal combination when you want to beat him ;-) (For Almensh Belete, the wife of Dame, this is the same situation.) I ran really poor today, it's not easy to run a good classification when the shape is not good. But it's a very honest indicator. My other teammates Florent and Tarik also had a hard day. You do not have to worry, this guys will be ready when it counts. To conclude: I was impressed by the performance of Kim Ruell, congratulations to him and his coach Pieter Desmet. See you soon. Greetings Lander At 1 december my daily running routine resumes. Under the guidance of my coach Salavarda,
I will train hard with the goal to run two fast marathons in 2013. The last weeks I searched for strong training partners because my training buddy Vital Gahungu moved to Brussels. It's the goal to train regularly with the following athletes: Willem Van Schuerbeeck, Stijn Fincioen and Lander Tijtgat. These guys are very good runners and even more important they are a pleasant company to suffer together. See you soon. A promise is a promise, I tried to challenge the Kenyans. With this result:.... ;-) After 3 km I totally exploded and subsequently I tried to run on a steady pace to the finish: one by one my teammates and some other Kenyans passed me. Finally my place was 9th together with my teammate Florent and after some Kenyans + Guy and Mika. It is what it is and I do not have any excuse but it hurted a lot :-) Every year it's very nice to see the Vandenbroucke family, they organise this beautifull historic race. Below some pictures by mister Henri Salavarda. In december we plan to start with some more quality workouts. My next race will be the Warandeloop (XC) this race is superbly organised and is the dutch qualification moment for the European cross country championchips. Stay tuned. Greetings Lander
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