// July 26th, 2008 // 1 Comment » // travel, vrije tijd
Laatste dagen van onze vakantie in de verenigde staten. Vanochtend lekker ontbeten op Times Square voor het daar over de kopen lopen was. Ook al heeft de Blue Fin haar ontbijtkaart duidelijk ingekort, toch nog steeds een OK adres om een ontbijtje te nemen. Nadien is Orbin aan een tour van NY begonnen terwijl ik Vicky volgde naar de door haar uitgekozen winkels die we moesten en zouden bezoeken in New York. (more…)
// June 22nd, 2008 // 4 Comments » // running, technology, travel, vrije tijd
Begin juli vertrek ik (ja, weeral) naar de States. De eerste week om voor een klant deel te nemen aan de jaarlijkse hoogmis van Microsoft: de world wide partner conference ofte de WWPC. Na de leerrijke fun die we afgelopen jaar hadden in Denver (foto’s staan hier), is de locatie van het gebeuren dit jaar in Houston, Texas. Voor de content van de conferentie die mag gedeeld worden, ga je op deze blog terecht kunnen, maar meer nog bij The Antenna Group. Nadien nog een dagje Dallas, en dan is het tijd voor vakantie. (more…)
// February 3rd, 2008 // 1 Comment » // running, vrije tijd
As some of you remember, I started running last year. It turned out to be hard to keep up the frequent runs. And on top of that, the Nike+Ipod chip I bought last January broke down on me after only 10 months. So I had reasons enough to stop running for a few months:
I purchased a new chip last week, restarted my training-schema and made some plans for a few runs this year:
The Antwerp 10 Miles (April 22)
This one I will run with the team of Kite Consultants, a young, dynamic and (hopefully very) sportive consulting company based in Antwerp. So, friends at Kite, take this a “yes” to the question if I will join you in Antwerp!
Not only a great run, but it will be my first time to go trough the Kennedy Tunnel while running!
The 20 KM of Brussels (May 25)
As I missed the last edition, I will make sure to get in shape and run the most popular belgian running event.
The New York Half Marathon (July 27)
If I manage to plan this in my schedule and if I can get a starting place…
The Boston Half Marathon (October 12)
As the next event of the Citrix Summit will not take place in January ’09, but in October ’08, I could as well try to make a detour via Boston and add this one to my schedule. Not only do I like the city of Boston very much, but I hope to meet Rafael again in New York or in Boston. I met him during this summers half marathon in New York. He has been running to raise funds in the research for autism, and will do so in 2008 (even if he changed the game a little bit this year
) You can find my side of the story here and the way Rafael lived this event here.
More to come -I’ll keep you updated on the blog!
// August 5th, 2007 // No Comments » // news, running
When I finished the Half Marathon today, it was time to rejoin my greatest fan, who at that time was back in bed in the hotel, suffering from a combination of jetlag, flue,etc… So I started looking for the best way to get back to Times Square. TheNew York Subway seemed like a great way to get back fast
So I went to the first subway station I could think about, the one next to Battery PLace. I had understood that Line 1 would bring me back, but I had no other information. So I asked two gentlemen, who appeared to be runners as well, in the subway. One of them turned out to be heading in the same direction as myself. So we started a longer than expected journey, visiting metro stations where we could not enter, as we had no card, metro station that were closed and finally a subway station tht had a train to bring us back and a ticket veding machine… (after 100 attempts to slide my card in the right pace, it finally accepted my 2 dollar…
So our journey gave us a little time to talk about running, about travelling and, about blogging. Where we would have exchanged e-mail-addresses a year or so ago, we now exchanged blog-urls
So now, while blogging my sucess in reaching the finish today, I typed in the URL and found the blog of a loving father that is running in an effort to raise funds for research on autism.As some of you know, my brother Johan had a specific form of autism as well. So, dear readers of my blog, if you feel this to be a right cause, support Rafael in its effort to raise 50 000 dollar this year. Read the blog and/or go immediately to the fund raising page
Success with the rest of your 10half marathons this year, Rafael!
Koen
Update: Continued here
// August 5th, 2007 // No Comments » // news, running, travel
Hi all,
Today I added 13,1 miles to my runs, that can be considered as very memorable. Not only thanks to the warm weather here in New York, or the hills in Central Park, or by the high humidity, despite the weather predictions. What makes this half marathon so special, is its setting. Leaving Central Park at the mile 7, into Seventh Avenue, is a stunning view at 8 in the morning. While Times Square is appearing in front, drumbands, rock-groups and an amazing crowd cheers for the runners. Of course it was one special cheering lady that encouraged me to make it to the finish after I started way to fast. Results? Well, my main objective was to run and complete this race: achieved! And my time? Well, the time leaves lots of room for improvement in next races Especially if I see that Haile Gebrselassie can make it in 0:59:24…
Thanks all of you that supported me in my efforts to run my first half marathon!
// August 4th, 2007 // No Comments » // news, running, travel
| Het begint spannend te worden. Morgen deze tijd zal ik weten of ik er in geslaagd ben de halve marathon hier in New York uit te lopen. Na gisteren mijn businessverplichtingen te hebben afgewerkt, ben ik mijn startnummer gaan ophalen. 10993 wordt het nummer van de waarheid. Slim gezien van Nike, dat afhalen. Meer dan 20.000 lopers die door je winkel moeten. Kwestie van een gerichte klantenlokker kan dat tellen. |  |
Vandaag een rustige dag. Veel drinken, want het is hier ‘s morgens al 23 graden. Dus hebben we ons geparkeerd in Bryant (lezers van deze site weten dat ik sinds 2005 hier al wel regelmatiger mijn mails ben komen bijwerken…) met portable en boekje
[fotootje volgt - technologie laat me nu even in de steek hier].
Morgen meer nieuws over de loopavonturen, met de ontknoping.
Run Koen, Run!
// July 25th, 2007 // No Comments » // running, vrije tijd
10 dagen en een dikke 15uur voor de start van de Halve Marathon in NY. ‘t begint zowaar spannend te worden. Vandaag nog gaan lopen. Ben behoorlijk blij met 10K in 53:10! Als ik dit tempo kan aanhouden en de raadgevingen die iedereen met wat ervaringen graag met me deelt, een beetje volg, moet het mogelijk zijn een nette tijd neer te zetten. En neen, ik ga hier geen voorspellingen doen
Raadgevingen genoeg gekregen inmiddels:
// July 24th, 2007 // No Comments » // running
Na een lang weekend in Barcelona (maar daarover later meer), stond vandaag het parcours van de halve marathon online. De start en de eerste zeven mijl gaan door Central Park. Dan via 7th avenue naar Times Square, dan over 42nd street naar West Side Highway (Da’s die baan die langs de Hudson River loopt) en zo naar Battery Park, waar de finish is.
12 dagen te gaan …
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