My name is Stefan Costeur, I'm working for SNCB, which is the Belgian railway company and my responsibilities are for the digital team and innovation so I'm ahead of digital and innovation.

I run a marathon 25 years ago, but it was the time when Strava did not exist, so I cannot prove it to anybody.

And this year, 2024, I turned 50.

So and I said, OK, maybe it's on my bucket list to run another marathon.

And then I'm got invited by TCS to run the marathon in Amsterdam, which is a great city.

So I took the opportunity and I run my first marathon.

I found out to run this marathon like two or three months ago.

And I think it's a real challenge.

And you know, running a marathon, you know, for at least two to three hours, you will be suffering, you will be in pain, but the relief when you see the finish is so big.

So it's, it's really worth to do with it.

I had the idea I wanted to finish around 4 hours and I think I finished in four hours and two minutes, so very happy with myself.

It felt great, but it hurts that the last like 15 kilometers, it hurts a lot, but it feels great to finish it.

So I'm very proud of myself.

I really wish everybody very good luck at their marathon.

Also the shorter runs, even though it those are quite exciting.

So yeah, go, go for it, I would say.