Week 1 of my half marathon training plan

With my 10k recovery run today, I completed the first week of my 12-week half marathon training plan. I ran for 3 hours and 20 minutes this week with an average heartbeat of 151 bpm, covering 32 kilometers at an average pace of 6:08 per kilometer.

Date Duration Average
Heartbeat		 Distance Pace V02Max HRV RHR
Week 1 3:19:48 151 bpm 32,63 km 6:08 43,4 54 ms 54 bpm
20250316 59:23 158 bpm 10,2 km 5:49 43,3 62 ms 56 bpm
20250314 29:13 159 bpm 5,55 km 5:16 43,4 56 ms 55 bpm
20250313 49:00 149 bpm 7,63 km 6:26 43,4 53 ms 52 bpm
20250311 30:00 159 bpm 5,00 km 6:00 43,4 56 ms 54 bpm
20250310 32:00 130 bpm 4,25 km 7:33 43,4 44 ms 52 bpm

My run log has more 2025 running stats. My personal best in the half marathon is 1:43:07.

52 Weeks – Week 25

I’m collecting 52 songs in 52 weeks. Every Friday afternoon, I will add a song to my playlist. The aim is to capture my energy and feelings for that particular Friday with the chosen song.

Week 25/52: Jamiroquai – Virtual Insanity

After 52 weeks, I will have recorded all the seasons, holidays, and high and low weeks of the year (from October 2024 to September 2025) in one self-curated playlist on Apple Music. Don’t use Apple Music? Subscribe to weekly updates via RSS.

Gelezen: Donker Water 📚

Het derde boek in de ‘Erika Foster‘ serie van Robert Bryndza was een stuk beter dan het tweede deel. Het is maar goed dat ik door gegaan ben met het lezen van deze serie.

Dit boek heeft een lekkere vlotte opbouw waarbij ieder hoofdstuk spannend is. Ook vind ik dat de hoofdpersoon van het boek nu beter uit de verf komt, het karakter is verder uitgediept en niet alleen maar een ‘hoekig’ persoon die met iedereen ruzie maakt.

52 Weeks – Week 24

I’m collecting 52 songs in 52 weeks. Every Friday, I add a song to my playlist. With the chosen music, I try to capture my energy and feelings for that particular Friday.

Week 24/52: Steve Winwood – Higher Love


After 52 weeks, I will have recorded all the seasons, holidays, and high and low weeks of the year in this playlist on Apple Music. Don’t use Apple Music? Subscribe to weekly updates via RSS.

Links worth reading #007

It’s been a while since I last posted a ‘Links worth reading’ here. Below are four websites I recently bookmarked. Enjoy looking at them.

  • I’m in the market for a new backpack/daypack for my 1-2 day travels within Europe. While searching for some reviews from other frequent travelers, I stumbled upon the Pack Hacker website. The guides and reviews are worth a visit if you are a bit of a travel nerd like me who is always searching for additional storage optimization.
  • The Blue Ghost Mission 1: Ghost Riders in the Sky album on Flickr has some very cool moon pictures and fly-by videos.
  • reMarkable Methods was introduced by reMarkable. If you own a reMarkable and use it daily for note-taking, I highly recommend the Meeting Minutes and the Daily to-dos templates. I started using both, and they have greatly increased my productivity compared to using the previous default medium grid notebooks.
  • Reinier Ladan’s blog pointed me to My Life in Weeks. Please have a look and think about how short our lives are.

Do you like the links I shared above? In that case, you might also like my previous links worth reading. They are here.