At the very end of February 2012, after leading an extremely sedentary lifestyle, I randomly decided I wanted to take up running. So, these are my milestones, beginning with zero and with liberally estimated times.

• Standard Chartered Brunei Half-Marathon 2012
  • 8th April, 2012
  • 5.3km in 30 minutes
• Special Olympics Brunei Darussalam Fun Run 2012
  • 29th April, 2012
  • 6.3km in 45 minutes
• HSBC Walk Run Cycle 2012
  • 19th May, 2012
  • 6km in 50 minutes
  • Bonus: I was dressed as Buttercup
• Pusat Ehsan Charity Run 2012
  • 8th July, 2012
  • 12km in 1 hour 23 minutes
• ABN AMRO CPC Loop Den Haag 2013
  • 10th March, 2013
  • 21.1km in 2 hours 10 minutes
• UBD FBEPS Fun Run
  • 25th August, 2013
  • 5.5km in 30 minutes
• Dam tot Damloop 2013
  • 22nd September, 2013
  • 16km in 1 hour 36 minutes
• Midden-Delfland Halve Marathon 2014
  • 22nd February, 2014
  • 10km in 59 minutes
  • Bonus: I had lateral knee pain (illiotibial band friction syndrome)
• ABN AMRO Marathon Rotterdam 2014
  • 13th April, 2014
  • 42.2km in 4 hours 45 minutes
  • Bonus: I still had lateral knee pain (illiotibial band friction syndrome)
• Nike We Own the Night Amsterdam 2014
  • 7th June, 2014
  • 10km in 1 hour 3 minutes
  • Bonus: I still had lateral knee pain (illiotibial band friction syndrome)
• Dam tot Damloop 2014
  • 21st September, 2014
  • 16km in 1 hour 43 minutes
• Run2Day Halloween Run Amsterdam 2014
  • 25th October, 2014
  • 8km
• The Color Run Utrecht 2015
  • 12th September, 2015
  • 5km in 30 minutes
• Dam tot Damloop 2018
  • 23rd September, 2018
  • 16km in 1 hour 32 minutes
  • Bonus: I raised €475 for Doctors without Borders
• Strong Viking Spaarnwoude, Brother edition 2019
  • 12th October, 2019
  • 13km with 45 obstacles in 4 hours
  • Bonus: Ran as part of Joost's Bad-Ass Mother Fuckers (Joost, Michelle, Nicholas, Olav, Joeri, JW, Claudia, Yvonne, Ewoud, Floris)
• Mud Masters Biddinghuizen 2021
  • 25th September, 2021
  • 16km with 35 obstacles in 3 hours
  • Bonus: Ran as compensation for FitForFree being closed
• Houttrail Delft 2022
  • 3rd April, 2022
  • 13km in 1 hour 16 minutes
• Dam tot Damloop 2022
  • 18th September, 2022
  • 16km in 1 hour 37 minutes
  • Bonus: I had runner's knee and had not trained
• Dam tot Damloop 2024
  • 22nd September, 2024
  • 16km in 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Bonus: 05:36 min/km is the fastest pace I've ever done!