I have recently been on a course about pain and have been finding it a very interesting subject. So today I thought to share three things that I've found extra-interesting. 1.Pain is normal Pain is a normal part of our life. No one will go through life without it, and actually, even if at first glance [...]
Tamara found out about my personal training sessions in Amsterdam at a talk I gave at our mutual triathlon club's training camp in the spring. I explained to the group how I can help them to move better that can in turn improve their efficiency over their swim, bike and run. Tamara had been experiencing [...]
Meet client Natalie. Natalie started coming to my boot camp over 2 years ago. Over a year ago she also started personal training. Natalie had previously been a kick boxer to a high level (1st degree Black Belt in the North West Chinese Kickboxing Association) in England. She trained for long hours and had some [...]
Training for hills in a flat city On the 1st of November I started my training for the Boston Marathon. And the biggest challenge is: how to train for a hilly course in a completely flat city? Here are some of the training tools we (my coach and I) have come up with that are going [...]
A few weeks ago I got my confirmation that I had been accepted for the Boston Marathon and last week we booked the flights and hotel. So it is really happening. Enjoying my first marathon On telling people that I am going to be running Boston Marathon I have had two responses. The [...]
I have just seen a client for the third time. We've already made a positive difference to her foot pain. One of the things we have corrected is her leg length difference. When I screened her we found that she had a leg length difference (as well as a few more areas where her movement [...]
On Saturday I was coaching a running group and after their long, slow-duration run one of the participants asked me about stretching afterwards. I realised later that even though his was a simple question, he had struck me a bit dumb and I wasn't really able to give him the answer he was looking for. The [...]
I have recently been doing some coaching again for House of Running. I have worked with them in the past and was asked back to lead some training sessions and share some of my knowledge with the group. A few weeks ago I was asked to talk about injury prevention to a group that I am [...]
On Saturday mornings at House of Running we always have one of the coaches or an expert speak about a useful subject to help those training for (half) marathons. Last Saturday, I spoke about how to recover after long training runs. Here are the tips I gave for a good recovery after long runs: Nutrition Make [...]
We've just posted this new photo on the slideshow that's on the home page of the website. I was originally looking for a stock photo I could buy to demonstrate highly driven, hard working women with a slant on triathlon. It was really a challenge to find and I was disappointed to see this type of image [...]
