I have been lucky over the years to complete many marathons and triathlons without having injury problems. Unfortunately, a couple of years ago I had an Achilles tendon injury and recently a hamstring tendon injury. I’m quite sure this is related to getting older. As oestrogen declines, it is harder for the body to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In the last few months, the number of runners and triathletes working with me has gone up. They come to me to work on their biomechanics and strength. It is a real joy to see the work we do in the gym have a positive effect on their training to reach [...]
As you may have seen, I was recently training for a hyrox competition. I normally train with a triathlon coach and although I did consider hiring a hyrox coach at first, I decided that going for a first Hyrox race and having only 7 weeks of training probably wasn’t really worth it. So, I [...]
I recently had to take a forced break from the volume of training I am used to doing. I had about 8 weeks of one thing after another happening to me. It started with covid, which took about a month to clear. Slightly worried I wouldn’t be ready to train hard, I still [...]
Yes! Another race report. Second and final triathlon of the season was on the 25th of September at the Bosbaan here in Amsterdam. It was an Olympic distance (750m swim, 40km bike, 10km run). It is always fun to do a local race, but as we haven’t been racing for a while, this race also [...]
If you are not interested in participating in competitive sport, you might look at my triathlon life and ask “Why?”. Why do you want to spend so much time on it? Why go on holiday and still train? Why do you want to push yourself so hard? On the first of August, I completed my [...]
This blog isn’t about my challenge, but that of a new friend Jane. She is a client of a colleague, and we used to just say hi in the gym until a few weeks after lockdown when I got a message from her asking about whether open water swimming was possible because the pools were [...]
