In frustration I deleted all my posts on my Dutch language blog. I’m waiting to let the server do its work and then re-import the XML file. Fingers crossed it works…

If you’re seeing my posts appearing on the Timeline, that’s because the Categories system of MB is broken for me. I have to copy the text of old posts, re-upload them as new post, change the date on the new post, and delete the old post with “invisible tags.” It’s frustrating.

Tonight, when micro.camp starts, the prime minister of the Netherlands will inform the public via a press conference about what measures will be taken in the coming months against COVID-19, considering new variants of the virus. I guess more different those events can’t be.

I used Skype video once, to see what it’s like. That was 13 years ago. I hated every minute of (paid for in advance) confusion. I guess no Zoom for me either, same medium. Facetime? Never launched the app (turned off in settings).

Starting to get organized with massaging my Dutch language blog from WP into MB. I even made a temporary category “TBE” for posts that need my attention next. Only 6 posts in 2020 left, 2008 - 2019 still to do…

I’m finding out things that used to work on Wordpress, yet no longer works on Micro.blog. I suppose that will apply to most who import their old blog. Massaging all those posts will take months, reinventing the side menu probably longer. IOW, what can I take away safely?

Good thing I have a year to work on my new Dutch language blog, here on MB. Most of the internal links are broken, some of the images (from Instagram) are missing. However, until I have my own domain I can do little about that. Import is good, not perfect. 13 years still to go…

Started a new micro blog today, because the domain name was available. Something went wrong with the domain name registration and now I’m waiting for help to fix it. After that, I want privacy protection added. Yeah, I’m demanding 😁

Preparing for a marathon on one’s own is quite demanding, especially planning the test races, and modifying the training schedule. I can now really appreciate having support from others more experienced than me, and why some runners pay for that if they can afford it🏃

I wonder how to change my domain name. I have this .blog domain, which is kinda expensive for a hobby blog. However, most visitors are not subscribed, AFAIK. They either search or (partially) remember the URL. I’ll lose all of those in a change. I guess rebuilding from scratch?

I joined a sponsor run, promising to run 250 km between today and a month from now. There’s collecting money as well, plus wearing a t-shirt I don’t yet have. We’ll see how that goes. Anyway, after a long warmup, I did a tough LT training for my VO2max. Yeah, tough! 🏃

Reading 200 pages of a book in two weeks is kinda depressing, especially because I was very interested in the subject. It’s how slow I read at my fastest, less than 15 pages a day. I’m not a book reader by any stretch of the imagination, nor a consumer of other media either 😖

Finished reading: Het Geheim van Hardlopen by G. Vroemen, J.C. van Dijk, J.G.W. van Megen 📚🇳🇱

I’m happy I chose the safe route by limiting my running to solo runs at a slow pace. Of those who just kept training with others (despite it was not allowed at the time) a few (still) suffer from long-covid. I escaped that fate, though I don’t envy those runners who got it. 💉

Early bird has the worm, I suppose. At a leisurely pace of 7:15 min/km (11:40 min/mi) I did a recovery run through the nearby township of Zuidgeest. It was lovely to run in 15℃ (59℉) on half asphalt, half dirt road. After 68 minutes I was back home, refreshed and alert. 🏃

Sitting at a breakfast table with coffee and cocoa calculating what a calorie restricted diet would result into after 16 weeks. 13 weeks would be enough to reach my target weight. There’s reason behind this madness. I need this weight to prevent hitting the wall in a marathon race.

Last run for this week, 21 km (almost a half marathon distance), slow and easy in 2 h 20 min. I wanted a steady pace, no muscle soreness, nor tiredness afterwards. I got two of those three; still tired afterwards. It’s 16 weeks to go before M-day 🏃

I went from 33 to 31 percent body fat in one week by limiting my diet to one healthy warm meal per day, lots of low-caloric fluids and 31 km of running. I need to go to 18 % to prevent hitting the wall in a marathon race, having to walk the last 10 km of the 42 km distance. 🏃

I didn’t have to go for a run to see something of beauty 🦋 Still, the run was nice too, in the Golden Hour, no less 🏃

Turns out that my lean body mass (everything except fat) is 57 kg, while fit male individuals have 18 - 24 % body fat, runners 10 % less than that. I’m shedding weight by the week now, just by running regularly and thinking about the marathon later this year. 🏃