Week 7 of 2026: Cabin in the Woods

I went to Appelscha with friends this weekend and played a lot of boardgames. I also tried to start learning how to crochet – one of the friends is really good at it and offered teaching – and I did solve some sudoku’s. (6 stars being the best so far, and I still mess up over half of them.)

Read

• continued Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring - J.R.R. Tolkien

Played

On Tuesday, I played Mausritter again. It was an awesome session, really an example of why I wanted to have an open world like I have: the mice decided to burn down the Old Barn, headquarters of the Old Barn rats whom they had some issues with. This is not anything I planned on happening, but I love it, and I’m already thinking through all the implications this will have on the world.

I also went to Appelscha, so I played a lot of games, including a drinking game while I remained sober:

• 7 Wonders
• Power Hungry Pets
• 30 Seconds
• The Hobbit: There and Back Again
• Heroes of Barcadia
• Beast
• Hitster: Summer Party

Ran

• on Tuesday I did 11km from the office, with a loop through Vondelpark and back
• on Wednesday it was a repeating pattern of 1km fast, 1km steady, for 9.3km in total
• on Friday, I was in Appelscha so I ran an easy 9km through the Drents-Friese Wold. My friends were doing a walk, and when I was almost back I saw them. When I stopped it was exactly 9km on my run, and we walked the last bit back.
• on Saturday, I did a 17km progressive long run in Appelscha. It was 4km warmup, 4km at 4:50/km and 8km at 4:20/km, that last one being a serious challenge which I did not really made (but I came close). Also challenging to navigate a forest while trying to keep up the paces manually because my watch decided not to accept the intervals I put in.