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Movement with purpose

Training isn't just about chasing aesthetics. It's about testing limits, building resilience, and finding balance between strength, endurance, and recovery. Here I share experiences from years of training, lessons learned through trial and error, and insights that might help you on your own journey toward sustainable performance and wellbeing

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To The Gods Of Cold, Wind And Rain

Wednesday Morning, 5:45am, Amsterdam.

A city I’ve come to know well over the past year through work, lies dark and almost dormant.

I get myself up, splash water on my face, throw on my shorts, top and jumper and lace up my trainers. It’s time to go to war again. Here we are again my friend, I’ve missed you.

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Hybrid Resilience: Staying Unbroken

When I opened Strava recently, I noticed they’d added a new feature showing your streak of active weeks. Mine currently sits at 265, which corresponds to five years of uninterrupted training since I first started tracking. And that’s just what’s been measured since I started using Strava.

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