TriSmiles

01/10/2022

I did it 🤗🤗🤗. What a tough race. 12th place in my agegroup. Later more. First FOOD 🍔🥙🎂 and party. 👊 👋

30/09/2022

Let's rock 'n' roll tomorrow! I will be at the startline at 10.15 am. For sure it will be muddy, because it rained last 2 days 😬 So let's hope I can stay on my bike 🙏

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27/09/2022

Wow! What a scenery for a race. Just arrived in Italy for .italy World Champs next saturday. Looking forward 💪

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16/09/2022

Friends.bikes.laughs in La 🇫🇷

One week of fun and cycling in the Cervennen. Today we made it to Mont Aigouil. With a climb of more than 20k to this Mont. Altogether 138k of cycling 🤪. We had to see this mountain because it is the famous Mont of the Dutch book 'de Renner from Tim Krabbé (The cyclist). It was a very good week. No its time to put my legs up 😇

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22/08/2022

Fun on the blue carpet 🤣

Sprint to the finish yesterday for 9th place. I lost..

14/08/2022

Yes! I did it!! I FINISHED my first with also a 3th place 🥉at the European Champs in my agegroup. 🤗🤗🤗

The swimming went very well. I came out 2th in my startgroup (with all women and the men 40+), but the bike and run course where very though. A lot of stones, tree roots, uphill and long steep downhills (almost 1000hm in 30k). I fell down with the bike (again) in a stony corner. Stupid 🤭, but luckily I didn't feel anything during the rest of the race. That's why my leg is blue, because I had to go to the first aid for cleaning to wounds. They put some medical stuff on it so it will heal faster. 😅. As long a it helps...

I'm very happy and I had a great time. Also good to get support and learning from experience cross triatletes Dutchies and . Thanks guys! And not to forget my support crew 👍👍👍

10/08/2022

17/07/2022

Hands up in the finish of the last stage of Volta à Madeira!! 🤗 I won the pink Jersey 👚

It was my first time doing a 4 day cycling race, but I enjoyed it so much. I'm so happy and proud my body can do this. My legs felt good in all the stages. I had no expectations other than to give it all and enjoy the races. That I did!

Now I have some rest and prepare to leave Madeira 😪, but I'm sure I will be back soon.

02/07/2022

Traveling is not always fun.

The horror stories about waiting times at the airport are not a lie. Yesterday it cost me 2h waiting at Schiphol to get through security. After this my flight had 2,5h delay due to not enough staff (?) helping out with the luggage and getting the plane ready for take-off. Now I'm stuck in Lisboa airport because I missed my connection. And in Lisboa they also had shortage of staff to help out the people who missed their connections and who had cancelled flights. Like me. So I was there in the middle of the night, with no idea how to get to Madeira. 🤷

I decided to buy a new flight ticket for today with the last possible option I saw on the Internet. Hopefully I will make it. In the mean time I slept on a sofa in the lobby of a hotel near the airport because there where no more rooms available anywhere near and I'm now relaxing in the hotel spa. Just making the best of it.

I really have no idea why this is happening to the airports. Where did all the staff go? But one thing is sure. If this horror continuous traveling by plane is not fun anymore. Or is that maybe the higher cause and meaning of this all? 🤔

10/06/2022

Wakingup at 5am is not my favourite thing. But no regrets there to have this magic morning! 😇

After the seeing to sunrise I did a very beautiful walk from Pico Arieiro (1818hm) to the highest Peak on the island Pico Ruivo (1858hm). Wonderful views everywhere.

06/06/2022

Happy Monday!

One more week on . I love this island, but I also love traveling. So I look forward to see my friends and family again in 🇳🇱. But I won't stay away for long 😄👋