Third week finished, and moving nicely along!

Ninth run of the schedule now officially under my belt and starting week four of the first 8 week training schedule. And like every time, this run too is proof of improvement. Completed a 52 minute run at ease and in that time did two laps and almost made it back home from the park, whereas last time I only made it across the park twice. So great to see the heartrate is coming down on the longer runs!

Watched a good bit of the NYC Marathon yesterday (unfortunately on the net, as the only channel to show some was Eurosport, and only for about an hour) and was inspired by the 45,000 folks who started the run. And with everyone who completed the run came a story of why they participated; be it to celebrate life, to reach a momentous goal, to raise money for charity or simply to have a great time with 2 million supporters en-route. And the Dutch were well represented with almost 2,000 kloggies running, including our own NYC Marathon 6-timer Pieter Christiaan van Oranje (van Vollenhoven) who did it in 3:34! Nice one! Weird and still almost unreal that I'll be there next year, but if things keep going as they do, why the hell not!!!

Also, as of today I should be able to enroll for the 2010 NYC Marathon, yes sir!

Check out the 2009 start on the Verrazano bridge below, how impressive is that! Insane!