Last weekend, Asterix went to multiple competitions in the hunt for new PBs! On Friday evening, some runners went to Utrecht. Jordi ran his first sub-2 this year, breaking his PB with an impressive 1:57.73! Domingos, perhaps inspired by Jordi, then ran a new PB on the 400 in 55.91! It was the first of many sub-56 performances by our …
Asterix Trackmeeting 2022
Last Friday, the Asterix Trackmeeting took place, organized by the Trackmeeting Committee. Kudos to the Committee, who did an amazing job of organizing the largest ever Asterix Trackmeeting in Asterix’ history (291 participants)! For an overview of the results, see this link. The first event of the day was the 400mH, where Bjorn ran a time of 58.48, 1.5s faster …
National Competition 22-5
Last Sunday, the national competition took place! With teams in the second and third divisions, Asterix was represented well! For our second division teams the competition was on our own track, since we organized the competition ourselves. Our hardworking volunteers laid the foundation for what was to be a successful second meet of the national competition for Asterix. There seemed …
Competition Utrecht
Last Friday, some Gauls decided to participate in the Lars Janssen Memorial Trackmeeting in Utrecht. We should also not forget that Jim participated in Etten-Leur, where he threw a new discus PB of 32.72m and jumped 5.50m in the long jump! The first Gaul to do his event in Utrecht was Rik, with a throw of 44.20m with the javelin! …
Batavierenrace 2022
Last weekend, the 50th edition of the Batavierenrace took place! In this epic relay race from Nijmegen to Enschede, 25 runners run 175 kilometers in total. Our TU/e-Fontys team took second place in the university competition, and Team Eindhoven became 17th in the general competition. Wow! A big thanks to the committee that made these great performances possible: Arne, Bart, …
Competitions Tilburg / Utrecht / Maastricht
Last Friday, there were some competitions in which some Gauls participated! In Tilburg and Utrecht, there were trackmeetings, while in Maastricht the Uros Teamrace took place! The first of these competitions was a trackmeeting in Tilburg. Thijs, Adomas, Kjell and Lorens decided to run a 1000, while Jordi went for the 1500. For Thijs it was his first track race! …
Easter competitions Vught and Helmond
Results Vught: Atletiek.nu – Testwedstrijd PH 2022 – Live uitslagen! Results Helmond: Atletiek.nu – Paaswedstrijd – Live uitslagen! What a weekend! On Easter Monday, several Gauls decided to skip the Easter lunch and go to competitions in Vught and Helmond instead. There were many solid performances this early in the season already, with two club records as a result. A …
Trainingsweekend 2022
After an exciting day at the Dommelloop, the Gauls prepared for a weekend full of fun activities and trainings in Groet, near the Schoorlse Duinen. Traveling in multiple groups to the location, the weekend started off right with travel through Castricum, lots of snow and a grumpy bus driver. After arriving, the hungry Gauls ate lots and lots of wraps, …
Dommelloop 2022
Last Thursday, the Dommelloop took place! Organized by our very own Dommelloop committee, the event turned out to be a great success! The preparations were disrupted a bit by the weather forecast: the KNMI had put out a code yellow for the 31st of March, starting at 22:00. Not knowing entirely if the Dommelloop could take place, the committee decided …
Auwjaorscross 2022
After an amazing day in Utrecht at the NSK Ekiden, some Gauls decided to go to the last cross of the Kempian Cross Competition: the Auwjaorscross. Even though this was already the fourth cross in March, the Gauls present were as enthusiastic as always! Anne won the short cross for the women, and Merel got third! Especially with the NSK …