It’s Sunday evening, and I still haven’t posted my thingsThisWeek for the past 7 days. The past week went by really fast due to a busy workweek, a busy and fun weekend, and preparations for yet another full-packed and fun week ahead.
Enjoy reading.
Week 2 of my half marathon training plan
This was another fun week for running, and I improved on almost all of my metrics compared to last week. My Friday 35-minute run included a 25-minute tempo run, which I could complete at 5:10 per kilometer.
| Date | Duration | Average Heartbeat |
Distance | Pace | V02Max | HRV | RHR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 2 | 3:23:30 | 148 bpm | 33,4 km | 6:05 | 43,3 | 62 ms | 56 bpm |
| 20250323 | 1:34:29 | 157 bpm | 15,02 km | 6:17 | 43,3 | 58 ms | 60 bpm |
| 20250321 | 35:19 | 153 bpm | 6,34 km | 5:34 | 43,3 | 75 ms | 56 bpm |
| 20250318 | 30:42 | 148 bpm | 5,01 km | 6:07 | 43,2 | 69 ms | 55 bpm |
| 20250317 | 27:57 | 152 bpm | 5,01 km | 5:34 | 43,4 | 55 ms | 54 bpm |
| 20250317 | 15:00 | 132 bpm | 2,03 km | 7:23 | 43,4 | 55 ms | 54 bpm |
My weekly totals:
| Date | Duration | Average Heartbeat |
Distance | Pace | V02Max | HRV | RHR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 2 | 3:23:30 | 148 bpm | 33,4 km | 6:05 | 43,3 | 62 ms | 56 bpm |
| Week 1 | 3:19:48 | 151 bpm | 32,63 km | 6:08 | 43,4 | 54 ms | 54 bpm |
My run log has more 2025 running stats. My personal best in the half marathon is 1:43:07.
52 Weeks – Week 26
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 26/52: The Roots – The Seed 2.0
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.
🛫 Amsterdam – Barcelona 🛬
I’m returning to Barcelona for three days of work at our European headquarters. This time my wife is traveling with me so she can enjoy the city during the day and we can enjoy some Spanish wine and food in the evening.
We booked tickets for Casa Batlló later today. While both of us have been to Barcelona multiple times, we have never visited this Gaudi masterpiece.
I combined two training sessions this morning as I will be traveling from Wednesday onwards, and I don’t know yet if I can run in Barcelona in the second half of this week.
🔥 20-minute Warm-Up
👟 7-minute at 5:25 per kilometer
❤️🩹 2:30 minutes of recovery
👟 7-minute at 5:10 per kilometer
❤️🩹 2:30 minutes of recovery
👟 7-minute at 5:05 per kilometer
❤️🩹 2:30 minutes of recovery
❄️ 5-minute Cool-Down
Total distance covered in 43 minutes: 7 kilometers at an average pace of 6:06 per kilometer.