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I wrote a report of my 4 day adventure on the Eifelsteig. Mind you, it's loaded with pictures!
I wrote a report of my 4 day adventure on the Eifelsteig. Mind you, it's loaded with pictures!
slims :miyagi: 🐟⁂
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Trail running at night. Little toads, nice sunset silhouettes, and praying I could get home before my light’s battery failed. (I made it, but it was a close thing 😬)
A small toad in the lower left center of the frame, lit by flash, against the dirt with twigs around
A hillside silhouette against a dark orange sunset horizon
Sunset sky colored with orange and lavender, reflecting off a pale lake nestled amongst low dark hills
A dark ridge backlit by the warm glow of a sunset sky
Trail running at night. Little toads, nice sunset silhouettes, and praying I could get home before my light’s battery failed. (I made it, but it was a close thing 😬)
A small toad in the lower left center of the frame, lit by flash, against the dirt with twigs around
A hillside silhouette against a dark orange sunset horizon
Sunset sky colored with orange and lavender, reflecting off a pale lake nestled amongst low dark hills
A dark ridge backlit by the warm glow of a sunset sky
Sander Meijer
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From sea level up the local hills. Fun afternoon run for me because my kids just wanted to chill at our apartment.
12.7km, 7:37/km, 670m EG
View eastwards. Near the coastline a long wall and a tower between a pine tree forest. In the foreground bushes and some olive trees.
View eastwards on top of the cliffs. At the right below the dark blue sea.
View westwards of the coastline. The tower on the hill in the sea is from the medieval era.
View down the limestone cliffs with some pine trees to the beach and a green-blue sea.
From sea level up the local hills. Fun afternoon run for me because my kids just wanted to chill at our apartment.
12.7km, 7:37/km, 670m EG
View eastwards. Near the coastline a long wall and a tower between a pine tree forest. In the foreground bushes and some olive trees.
View eastwards on top of the cliffs. At the right below the dark blue sea.
View westwards of the coastline. The tower on the hill in the sea is from the medieval era.
View down the limestone cliffs with some pine trees to the beach and a green-blue sea.
Sander Meijer
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Strava goes bonkers and is apparently drunk by filing a lawsuit against Garmin. Get some 🍿to either watch the video or read the article or both. Glad I gave up on Strava last year after their API and AI fiasco. And them going for an IPO will not make things better.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbKyNJ2eo-k
Blog post: https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/10/strava-sues-garmin-demands-stop-selling-devices.html
I guess I have to plan for a 100 miler over the weekend to get rid of all the popcorn I have to eat.
How Strava shoots itself in the foot part 17 - now on Reddit. Hahaha.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Strava/comments/1nw8u98/setting_the_record_straight_about_garmin/
Strava goes bonkers and is apparently drunk by filing a lawsuit against Garmin. Get some 🍿to either watch the video or read the article or both. Glad I gave up on Strava last year after their API and AI fiasco. And them going for an IPO will not make things better.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbKyNJ2eo-k
Blog post: https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/10/strava-sues-garmin-demands-stop-selling-devices.html
Strava goes bonkers and is apparently drunk by filing a lawsuit against Garmin. Get some 🍿to either watch the video or read the article or both. Glad I gave up on Strava last year after their API and AI fiasco. And them going for an IPO will not make things better.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbKyNJ2eo-k
Blog post: https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/10/strava-sues-garmin-demands-stop-selling-devices.html
Sander Meijer
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Weekday Warrior (you have to run fast to get home for dinner)
Weekday Warrior (you have to run fast to get home for dinner)
This morning’s hilly run featured Rocky Peak trail, morning mist, a curious juvenile mountain lion, and views of sun beams spotlighting the valley.
View of rocky hills and a valley in between them, the sky full of misty clouds except for one spot of hill/valley illuminated by yellow sunlight
A mountain lion following a trail, surrounded by dry brush
A trail post on a dry hill, half covered with mist
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Pictures from Matterhorn Ultraks are out. And oh boi they are pretty. Trust me when I say that the reality was 10x better.
#Matterhorn#MatterhornUltraks#MatterhornUltraksExtreme #Running#TrailRunning
Pictures from Matterhorn Ultraks are out. And oh boi they are pretty. Trust me when I say that the reality was 10x better.
#Matterhorn#MatterhornUltraks#MatterhornUltraksExtreme #Running#TrailRunning
Sander Meijer
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I wrote a blog post about my adventure in the Alps.
Be prepared for a picture-loaded report😇. (This blog post is just an excuse to post all the pictures)
I wrote a blog post about my adventure in the Alps.
Be prepared for a picture-loaded report😇. (This blog post is just an excuse to post all the pictures)
3/ left Precipice lake after lunch, ran back down to Hamilton lake, and an hour later I was swimming. That felt great, dried off and got a private bivy spot on the rocks off the water before other hikers started showing up. Chatted with some people, most were looping from Mineral King or heading to Whitney on HST.
Sitting on the side of an alpine lake soaking feet after a swim
A horseshoe bend in a tra I l following a canyon wall
Flowers on trail with mountains behind
Looking down to an alpine lake from up on a canyon wall
4/ quick one for the runners 🏃♂️🙌
Lunch with a view.
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Fyr til Fyr 2025
Last weekends race recap 🏃♂️
2 lighthouses, 5 islands, 4 bridges, 43 km and 2500 m elevation gain. Have been out there for 8 hrs and 15 min.
Morning started cloudy with a bit of drizzle, turning into sunshine throughout the day. The trail was still wet and muddy at times, making some downhill sections particularly spicy. Struggled about half way with my left knee in the downhill sections, but it was keeping up in the flats and uphills. 1/x
View towards Igerdundshetta (215 m asl).
View from the start towards the lighthouse on Nerlandsøya, with the last island Runde in the background behind the sea.
View over the last island, Runde. Where the trail stayed on top of the edge.