The Trail des Celtes is the 50 kilometres (2.000m+) UTMB race that is part of the Trail Alsace Grand Est in the Vosges Mountains in France.

It's a fast, fun and beautiful trail through the history of the Alsace. Sadly enough for me not with a happy end.

I hope you enjoy my story of this beautiful race.

Marathon Rotterdam 2025. Two missions; finally run a marathon under 4 hours and beat Matteo.

30 years after I failed to run a marathon under 4 hours, I am back. 25 years of injuries have kept me on the sidelines. But now I am ready to reach that 4-hour limit. In fact, I am ready to run 3:46, the time my friend Matteo ran in Florence. If I beat him, there will be a kilo of Parmesan cheese waiting for me.

So here is A Runner's Tale.

You can also watch the full video on YouTube.

Chianti Ultra Trail, a trail runner's experience

The Chianti Ultra Trail is an UTMB race, held in March every year, in Tuscany, Italy.

The race offers five distances. The Ultra Trail Chianti Castles; 120 kilometres with 5.200 metres of elevation. The Chianti Ultra trail; 73 kilometres with 3.000 metres of elevation. The Chianti Marathon Trial; 46 kilometres with 1.700 metres of elevation. The Chianti Half Trail; 20 kilometres with 800 metres of elevation. And the Chianti Wine Run, a 10 kilometre night run with 400 metres of elevation.

I ran the Chianti Ultra Trail, after being in bed for four days with food poisoning. This is the story of that race.

You can watch the video of the Chianti Ultra Trail on YouTube.

Pain, euphoria, on top of the world, ready to quit. All kinds of thoughts are racing through the mind of a trail runner during a race. In this episode, we'll give you a little look into the mind of John Kraijenbrink during ERYRI, the 25 kilometer race up Mount Snowdon, during the Ultra Trail Snowdonia.

Have fun.

If you're looking for race and gear reviews, and tips to run faster and become stronger, go to: The Running Dutchman.

Sara Bigatti is mostly known as yogini, yoga teacher and founder of La Scimmia Yoga, an online yoga platform, but since last year she is a runner as well. A trail runner to be precise.

In this podcast we talk with her about her first steps on the trails, about yoga and ask her what trail runners can learn from yoga and what yogis can learn from trail runners.

A little story about big, flat feet, small running shoes, blue toes, and the problems you'll encounter travelling around the world, looking for new trail running shoes. 

This is the story behind this Podcast, behind The Running Dutchman Blog and behind my first and second running life. 

Welcome to The Running Dutchman Podcast. A podcast for all those runners who run outside of the spotlights. Who don't race against other runners, but against themselves. Who don't run for fast times, but just for the love of running.