Ben Sandee
Race Around the Netherlands 2024
RatN – Day 6 – North Holland
Today’s route has us dropping down along the Markermeer into eastern Amsterdam and then heading back north east up the coast into some very tourist-heavy regions of the…
Ben & Liz
Race Around the Netherlands 2024
RatN – Day 5 – The Morning After
Ferwert to Lelystad, 170km or 106 miles. I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread Bilbo Baggins, The Fellowship of the Ring You…
Ben & Liz
Race Around the Netherlands 2024
RatN – Day 4 – Friesland, Abbreviated (is FR)
The day wasn’t abbreviated. In fact, it was quite long. Just the post will be abbreviated. Our WiFi is a bit lackluster so uploading many pictures isn’t working…
Ben & Liz
Race Around the Netherlands 2024
RatN – Day 3 – Hellendoorn to Anderen
Things are starting to happen to us. We are (well, I am!) making more mistakes. Blowing past turns and doing a few hundred extra meters. As a result,…
Ben & Liz
Race Around the Netherlands 2024
RatN – Day 2 – Take the Wind
One way to get a good start on the day in an event like this is to get an early start. It’s light at 6am and the wind…
Ben & Liz
Race Around the Netherlands 2024
RatN – Day 1 in the Books
Quick note: we had prebooked a hotel in Rozendaal which is about 155km into the race route. With today being a national holiday (King’s Day) we were worried…
Ben & Liz
Race Around the Netherlands 2024
RatN – Early-bird Registration
This morning we woke up to a still-chilly but mercifully sunny day. Our AirBnb has a nice little kitchen space but we hadn’t had time to shop so…
Ben & Liz
Race Around the Netherlands 2024
RatN – A Blur but Coming into Focus
Tuesday -> Wednesday A brief rundown of events: It was great to see Corey and Jennie again! They’ve been in the Netherlands for five years, but this is…
Ben & Liz
Race Around the Netherlands 2024
RatN – Bike to Bus to Plane
Last night I went to bed and thought to myself “Why would we ever want to sleep anywhere else? What are we thinking?!” Home is so good. Usually…
Ben & Liz
Race Around the Netherlands 2024
RatN – Gearing up, again
Wow, Bliz is actually heading out tomorrow to participate in the 2024 Race Around the Netherlands. So many times during the past few months we thought we would…
Ben & Liz