Unfortunately no marathon today; I was hoping to do the Eindhoven marathon or the Zeeland marathon but both were sold out. So, instead of doing a full marathon, I continued with my training for Jordan which is now less than 4 weeks away. I ran half a marathon with my 18 lbs or 9 kg backpack which went well; I was able to do this in 1:53:00 which gives me a good feeling about a top 10 position in the Jordan race.

Running with such a backpack isn’t easy. It’s not heavy-heavy, but the extra weight puts quite a strain on your body; it puts a significant amount of stress on your joints, your knees in particular and therefore I don’t train with my pack too much, as I want to ‘save’ my knees for Jordan as you can understand.

Here’s me and my pack, getting ready to train