Monday was the Lions Heuvelloop. For those who don’t speak Dutch, a “heuvelloop” is a “hill run”. The course wound into the dunes near Bloemendaal, up and down gentle hills, some loose sand and only some of the route under the shade of trees. It was sunny and very warm which is not my favorite weather condition for running!
Even so, I managed it in 1 hr 6 minutes and given the warmth, I’m very happy with that time. DB and I both ran and there were also several friends running too. 4 of us ran the 10k, 1 the 15k, and 4 the 5k. And 2 of our group didn’t run at all but instead took photos and took care of kids – small excuse for not running guys!
Here’s a photo of some of our group:
Now, don’t they look like a gezellig group?! #102 and I finished together, sprinting in to the finish.
DB ran a great time – 50 minutes – but it’s kind of ironic. Now two days later he’s the one who still has muscle pain and I’m not hurting at all! I came out of this run with no aches or pains to speak of. Amazing. He says I just didn’t run fast enough. Well, if it hadn’t been so warm I would have run faster and would now be hurting. I think I did the right thing.
After the race we went to an artists work space where a friend and #102 and #263’s mom had set up an Easter brunch for us. Fabulous. I drank probably too much champagne and really felt no pain. Lovely.
What’s next on the running schedule? Well, keep training of course. I think I’m going to sign up for the 12km Rock and Run at the end of May. It’s a run through the Jordan in Amsterdam with band playing all along the route. #102 is also running the 12k. She’s become quite the fanatic sporter and boy does it show – she’s looking great! Hopefully I’ll be looking better soon too.