W&W&27K
Last Saturday, Wendeline and Wilko got married! They got married in the beautiful Leidse Lakenhal and threw a huge party at the nearby completely rebuilt Scheltema-building. It was smashing : vast amounts of partying people presenting/delivering special gifts/games/speeches all night long. Don’t tell them, but I think Wendeline and Wilko are those kind of people who make up the backbone of our society: those with enormous consideration for others, putting tremendous effort in voluntary work at sports club Pernix, both having more-than-fulltime jobs and - not so common - are not complaining at all. Everybody was happy for the newly weds.
In the afternoon I ran along the Rijn and at Koudekerk decided to continue and cross the Rijn at the next available bridge, which was located at Alphen a/d Rijn. I had looked it up on Google Maps, but it was quite a lot further than I had anticipated! I ran 27K that day - and broke my personal record by 6 kilometers! Amazing.
And yes : the next day my body was quite protesting both the party-drinking and the running… I thought hydration was important? 
July 22nd, 2007 at 8:19 pm
Dear Rogier a.k.a Roger,
Two weeks ago was your final talk @ the NKI, I heard you did great! unfortanely I couldn’t be there to see your final results and conclusions.
As I read your email today, I was thinking, you’ve passed so many ways in life my friend, so many things you’ve been through…
Because of my precious gift of life came over me in march I didnt had the chance to say the words that crossed my mind everytime we talked.
I never met a person like you, you’re not only fighting, and surviving, in all kind of ways, you enjoy life, knowing a guy like you, is a gift. - Stay that way -
Big Hugz, Mandy