I ran my second half marathon in 2024, it was the Royal Parks Half Marathon in London, and my first Marathon in Valencia, also in 2024. 2024 was the year I ran the most, an incredible (to me) ~1200km across 12 months. In fact, I think I ran too much, which kind of burned me out of it - I haven’t ran much in 2025. In 2024 I had shin splits and runners knee pain due to the increase in the work load. Ah, I also managed to ran my fastest 10km, which was something I was trying for quite some time. For so long I couldn’t run 10km under 60min, but finally did it!

Apart from running, this month I did my first bike touring in a while. During the Easter Bank Holidays in the UK, I took a ferry from Dover to Dunkirk, and cycled from there until Amsterdam. It was a 5 days journey, crossing the cost of Belgium and the Nord Sea islands in the Netherlands, until finally arriving to Amsterdam. I had my camping gear with me, and set up my tent twice and spent the remaining days in hotels. It was a tough journey, however worth it. The total distance was ~340km, so not short but not unmangeable.

• Dunkirk - Ostend
• Ostend - Bruges
• Bruges - Breskens
• Vlissingen -> Camping
• Middelburg -> Brielle
• Brielle -> The Hague
• The Hague -> Amsterdam

I was quite surprised (well I shouldn’t have been surprised given the year in Berlin, but…) about the cycling infrastructure in all 3 countries and it was such a down coming back to the UK in this aspect. I wish this could change.