Arjan Tupan

2 x 8K

Friday 25th Sep 2026

This week was a bit different, so I decided to consolidate my distance with two 8K runs. The weather was amazing this week, so it was a joy to be out there.

The sheep are my witness: 8K

Friday 18th Sep 2026

While out running today, it really felt like I had done 2 steps forward, and today doing a step back.

Running to that pot of gold

Wednesday 16th Sep 2026

Today's mission was to find the end of that rainbow. You never know, we can use a pot of gold in the fight against cancer.
I did not find it in the end, but I did have a great run: 7K at not a bad pace. Progress is being made, and the support here moved me forward.

Smooth Saturday

Saturday 12th Sep 2026

Nice run done today. Not much further than last run, because I was looking for distance in my route in a place I had not run before. There was an improved average speed, so progress was made. Getting closer to the goal of 10K step by step.

Bounty Runner

Friday 11th Sep 2026

Something incredible is happening. I am active on the social network Farcaster, which has a crypto-minded culture. That means many of the people in my network prefer to stay anonymous or pseudononymous. And they prefer to pay with crypto, and not with the regular banking system out of privacy concerns. So, when I opened my fundraising page for my participation in the NN Marathon The Hague, I needed to look for an alternative fundraising mechanism that would allow my crypto-first friends to contribute as well.

Now, the fun thing of Farcaster is that there are a lot of creative and smart people on it, who build all sorts of software solutions on the platform. On of those apps is POIDH: Pics Or It Didn't Happen. It's a bounty app, which means that you can create a bounty that has a challenge or assignment in it, and a prize you want to pay for someone who completes that assignment with photo-proof. People can then try to fulfill that assignment and claim the bounty, and the bounty issuer can select one winner from these claims who will take the price.

When you create a POIDH bounty, you can open it up for others to add funds to the prize pot. If others think your assignment is fun or important, they can contribute to it. It's this mechanism that I am using to raise funds for the fight against cancer. 

I created a bounty that can only be claimed by me. To be able to claim the prize pot, I need to provide proof of 2 10K runs in my preparation for the 10K run at the Marathon The Hague. And to proof how easy that is: within hours of creating the bounty, already 11 of my Farcaster friends showed up, bringing my total reward up to an equivalent of 380 US$.

So, I'd say the fundraising goes quite well. All I have to do now is run, run, run.

Find the bounty here:

https://poidh.xyz/base/bounty/1377

100 EURO!

Wednesday 9th Sep 2026

Wow, nu al de magische grens van 100 Euro bereikt! Sponsors, bedankt. Op naar de 500.

Staying hydrated

Wednesday 9th Sep 2026

Staying hydrated was not really a problem, today. Although I do prefer drinking water than getting rained on. I managed to evade the biggest showers this morning, so it was not that bad. But the weather is changing.

Today's run felt like a bit of a struggle. I think that was due to me not doing a proper warming up. Still, I did what I wanted to do: run a longer distance than last run. For now, training for the 10K means getting the distance in my legs. Then I will focus on speed. Getting more meters done today, is a good step forward for me. All I need now is to stay motivated. You can help me with that, by donating to fight cancer.

https://acties.kwf.nl/fundraisers/arjantupan/nn-marathon-the-hague-2026