Birth : 26 October 1976, Vlaardingen, Netherlands. A cold winter followed.
Height : 1m94
Weight : has been between 79.3 and 91kg. Best was 82kg.
Body style : all arms and legs. Jeans 34x38.
Living : Single, Vlaardingen, The Netherlands
Profession : Customer Support Representative, full-time
Started MTB riding 1996, racing 1997.
Some top-10 results in Sports, mainly beach and conditionally tough courses.
3-time Dutch Singlespeed Champion
Elite amateur champion Cycl0Cross Noord+Zuid-Holland 2001.
Winner of 7 Zuid-Holland regional winter MTB races as part of CX series.
1st XC Ski experience on snow March 2007, 5 days in Austria.
2nd snow experience : December 2007, 4 days in Switzerland.
1 failed attempt to ski in Holland since, 2008. Too little snow.
VO2Max : 506W on a bicycle, off-season, ca January 2001.
Running PB : 10km 45:00 (1998), 3km 11:44 (2007), 2300m 8:27 (2007).
Running goals 1-1-2009 : 10km <37:00, 15km <1:00:00, 1500m <4:50.
My name is Jan Gerrit Klok, call me J. I also go by Cloxxki. This blog will mark my progress as I start from zero. A desperately out-of-shape cyclist aiming to become fitter than ever, but in a sport hardly existing my his home country. My country gets on average one or 2 XC-skiable days per winter. Although that's improving quickly. Goal: someday race XC, and not off the back of the field. And new goal: deliver a good Winter Triathlon (coach wanted).
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09 March 2008
Here goes nothing!
This blog will mark my progress as I start from zero. An out-of-shape cyclist aiming to become fitter than ever, but in a sport hardly existing in his home country.
My country gets on average one or 2 XC-skiable days per winter. I managed zero so far, as I've only owned skis since recently.
Today, March 9th, I'm 2 weeks into my first diet and training weeks which will have to see me in top-shape by next winter.
My aims are simple, yet ridiculously high. I want to be a contender on a national (Dutch) level in XC Skiing, the skate technique in particular.
With my background in mountainbiking, and considering the successes my fellow countr(wo)men have logged in Winter Triathlon, I cannot but include WT that to my goals sheet. Running will be a big part of my training schedule, I just love riding a mountainbike in the snow, and XC Skating is my main goal in life. The perfect circle of three. I've always looked at triathlon as a possible sport for me, but the swimming scared me out. Off-road run-bike-runs were great fun, so WT should be awesome.
My country gets on average one or 2 XC-skiable days per winter. I managed zero so far, as I've only owned skis since recently.
Today, March 9th, I'm 2 weeks into my first diet and training weeks which will have to see me in top-shape by next winter.
My aims are simple, yet ridiculously high. I want to be a contender on a national (Dutch) level in XC Skiing, the skate technique in particular.
With my background in mountainbiking, and considering the successes my fellow countr(wo)men have logged in Winter Triathlon, I cannot but include WT that to my goals sheet. Running will be a big part of my training schedule, I just love riding a mountainbike in the snow, and XC Skating is my main goal in life. The perfect circle of three. I've always looked at triathlon as a possible sport for me, but the swimming scared me out. Off-road run-bike-runs were great fun, so WT should be awesome.
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