Not too long ago 1H sessions were my “long runs”. Today I try to put in to my training schedules, runs as long as 3 or 4H. At first you think these long work outs will pretty soon get boring. But soon you start enjoying things you believed where only possible enjoying somewhere during a far away hike or adventure.

Of course the necessary hours are spent in the gym for the much needed dumble and machine workouts.

But I try to train as much as possible “outdoors”. After all, Atacama is an outdoor event. De Hoge Venen, the Belgian coast, the National Park Hoge Kempen, but also the woods, surrounding my hometown Leuven are good locations, except for one thing; we don’t have any mountains close by !!

After a short while of running, you don’t care that much anymore about how your legs feel today, about your heart beat rate or your average speed. You get to see, feel and hear things you don’t notice when running for your “personal speed record”.

The winds sounds different every day, the insects on the ground are moving slower or faster, depending on the weather of the day . You enjoy a “hello” from an squirrel or crow passing by and you leave your “planned” trail to approach a deer. Blinding sun rays and shadows produce all kinds of “visions”.

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