First Blog - Introduction and NN Egmond Halve Marathon.

Hi!

Firstly, for everyone reading this, thank you for taking the time and I hope I can count on your support for this mighty challenge I have bestowed upon myself. 

I can't provide a huge amount of information as to how I came about planning this point-to-point, but the inspiration generally comes from the fact that I have been living in the Netherlands for >5 years and I am happy to call it home as well as having found a new hobby whilst living here - running.

I have always been a keen athlete. Typically this was channeled through cycling, rugby, powerlifting, american football and a whole other collection of sports here and there. 

I began running when myself and a friend decided to run the Amsterdam marathon in 2020, which was consequently moved to 2021 due to some flu going around, and it is safe to say I was extremely humbled by this event. I completed the 42.2km run around the city in 05:16:27 with a broken body and broken spirit. Miserable experience, but I had caught the bug. Since then I have taken on the 42.2 in Berlin with 50 minutes shaved off my time (04:26:19) and a huge smile on my face, as well as numerous trail events, fun runs and half marathons including the NN Egmond Halve Marathon just yesterday.

I started the run with a bustling 7km on the beach into a headwind, but quickly found my pace and continued to speed up every split until the finish line, with a time of 01:56:00. Considering the circumstances, I am incredibly proud of the results I am producing and I cannot wait to put this into practice as the year goes on and I edge closer and closer to the 400km/7day run across the Netherlands.