Running in China and stuff…

At this moment I am sitting in a internetbar at the airport of Seoul. I am on my way from Dalian to Jakarta. This last week I have been in the North East of China for work. I was able to run four times, so that is even above average.  Two times for 45 minutes outside and two times in the gym. The only thing is that I was not able to do a longer run and also due to some tensions between my company and our suppliers I drank quite some Mao Tai during dinner. One night was really heavy, I fell on my bed at 8pm and was woken up by my alarm at 6:45am, I hadn’t woken up at all and still felt a bit drunk. Anyways, now I am on my way to Indonesia and there will be fruit juices and time in the evening to relax and run more.

In two weeks I will be running Maastrichts Mooiste. The distance will not be a problem (15km), but I want to run fast, since Katherine, Harald and Marco are also running there. I rather want to have a strong run then come with excuses for the next year.

After this trip I will go one week later again on a two week trip for work and a week after that I will have a holiday in sunny San Diego. I was planning to do a marathon at the end of the summer, but all this traveling makes it difficult to do long runs: treatmillrunning with a jetleg isn’t the best feeling. Half marathons will have to do for the coming monthes.

Yesterday we finished work early and we went a few ours to Discovery World, in Dalian. A funpark a-la Disneyland. If Steve and Lois are ever in China again I will surely take them there. It is however a different experience. I went in this turning machine with arms that also turned in the other direction around the axe of the arm (I even can’t follow what I mean anymore). Not for people that get easily dissy, like me. This machine however also turned upside down. After a minute in this machine my head felt like the blood wanted to come out of my ears and noose… Next was a water ride that splashed so much water that there wasn’t a dry piece of clothing on me. Btw it was already drizzling when I went in and it turned int0 rain, so after this ride we went back to the hotel for a warm shower. It was a real fun and different experience.

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