This month, I want to take a moment to celebrate and shine a light on my group classes, starting with: The Monday Group This group (pictured above) meets online on Mondays at 12 p.m. via Zoom. What I would particularly like to celebrate is the consistency this group shows in showing up [...]
One of the things I love to hear from clients is when they have achieved something from their training that wasn’t a goal nor something we had specifically trained for. Like managing to run for the tram without being out of breath, being able to move things easier than before, carrying [...]
Over the next two months, I will share about 3 of my running clients who are training for races in the same weekend. I actually have 9 clients racing the same weekend and I will be running too. I am helping them in different ways, some are doing gym work with me, others I am [...]
In April, I was at a triathlon camp in Mallorca with the Amsterdam Triathlon and Cycling Club. Triathlon camp is a great opportunity to increase your fitness just before the triathlon season begins. Mostly, the focus was on cycling, but with a 25-metre pool at the hotel and plenty of places [...]
Happy International Women’s Day! Today, the 8th of March, is International Women’s Day. It is a great moment to celebrate women’s achievements and also reflect on the fact there is more to achieve when it comes to equality. With many girls dropping out of sports during their teenage years, there is still [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day! 💗 I’m a great believer in doing sporting activities that you enjoy. So we decided to make this month’s blog about challenging you to make a Valentine’s date with your sport. But first, I would like to describe to you my favourite workout. It probably wouldn’t [...]
Happy 2025! 🥳 This month, I am taking a bit of a look back on last year. Veronica, from SPIN Ideas, who helps me write these blogs, has challenged me to write about 3 things I celebrate and 3 things I would do differently. At first, I wasn’t sure I would be able [...]
As I am writing this, it is the third week of July and the quietest work week of the summer. I have been a bit lazy, but I am finally sitting down to write this newsletter. As I look forward, my agenda shows that most clients will be back from their [...]
In this blog I wrote about the preparation I was going through for my triathlon and the fact I had hurt my Achilles tendon and had had very limited running training leading up to the event. Well, this race has taken place and I now want to share the experience with you. The race [...]
We often share the great parts of training for a triathlon (or other events), but sometimes, things don’t go as we want them to.Unfortunately, this year's preparation for my triathlons has not gone completely according to plan. I have focused on two half-distance triathlons (1.9km swim, 90km bike, and [...]
