Post by maartenschon on Jul 16, 2016 2:31:24 GMT -5
On the 22nd of July as a team of three we will attempt to set the fastest known time on the UPNL, short for Ultra Pad Nederland (translated: Ultra Path Netherlands).
Together with Marek Vis and Peter Swager (Both from the Netherlands as well) I will be running the 154,5 km route through national park the Hoge Veluwe and Utrechte Heuvelrug. The Hoge Veluwe is the largest national park in the middle of Holland. We will be running from the trainstation in Wezep to the trainstation Hilversum Sportpark. On this website you can find the route and download the GPX track as well: www.runmap.net/nl/route/2642404-up-nl/
The route was originally created by Han Savelkoel and the idea is to run this route on the longest day of the year. This would be the 21th of June where you have an approximate 17 hours of daylight. Our goal is to run the route within 24 hours or faster, but we will be running through the night.
We will start the 22nd of July at exactly 22h00 from the trainstation in Wezep Holland.
As a verification tool we will be carrying a GPS tracking device which can be followed live on upnl.legendstracking.com. This tracker and website is provided by the organization of The Legends Trails in Belgium. Thanks Stef and Tim! All details will be recorded (original and actual track, starting and endingtime, etc).
A few weeks ago Mig (Michiel Panhuysen) completed te course for the first time in 26h23. His ultra report is published on the website mudsweattrails.nl/UPNL_2016 (is written in Dutch but you will manage with Google Translate).
We will run this route self-supported which means we will be carrying our own supplies and use a supermarket halfway, restaurants and bars on the route if any.
Peter Swager, Marek Vis, Maarten Schön
Together with Marek Vis and Peter Swager (Both from the Netherlands as well) I will be running the 154,5 km route through national park the Hoge Veluwe and Utrechte Heuvelrug. The Hoge Veluwe is the largest national park in the middle of Holland. We will be running from the trainstation in Wezep to the trainstation Hilversum Sportpark. On this website you can find the route and download the GPX track as well: www.runmap.net/nl/route/2642404-up-nl/
The route was originally created by Han Savelkoel and the idea is to run this route on the longest day of the year. This would be the 21th of June where you have an approximate 17 hours of daylight. Our goal is to run the route within 24 hours or faster, but we will be running through the night.
We will start the 22nd of July at exactly 22h00 from the trainstation in Wezep Holland.
As a verification tool we will be carrying a GPS tracking device which can be followed live on upnl.legendstracking.com. This tracker and website is provided by the organization of The Legends Trails in Belgium. Thanks Stef and Tim! All details will be recorded (original and actual track, starting and endingtime, etc).
A few weeks ago Mig (Michiel Panhuysen) completed te course for the first time in 26h23. His ultra report is published on the website mudsweattrails.nl/UPNL_2016 (is written in Dutch but you will manage with Google Translate).
We will run this route self-supported which means we will be carrying our own supplies and use a supermarket halfway, restaurants and bars on the route if any.
Peter Swager, Marek Vis, Maarten Schön
