Articles
Training notes and race build updates from the road to Kona.
Closing The Gap: Heat
Getting fitter isn't the only gap standing between me and Japan. Heat is a performance limiter too - and it's one you can actually train for.
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10 Weeks Out
Ten weeks out - the biggest week yet: 10.8km swim, 9 hours on the bike, 49km of running, and building durability for what's ahead.
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What Are My Kona Tokens?
Over the last year, this project has introduced me to some incredible people - and somewhere along the way, they started giving me little things to carry to Kona.
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Raise The Ceiling, Raise The Floor
Twenty VO2 max intervals before I even get to the main set. Here's why the hardest efforts of the week come before the easiest ones.
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Today I Failed
Some sessions don't go to plan. I could've written the day off - instead I adapted, and that turned out to matter more than finishing perfectly.
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11 Weeks Out
Eleven weeks out - 9.4km swim, 7 hours on the bike, 47km of running. Not a big-numbers week, just consistency and closing a few more gaps.
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5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Ironman Tallinn
I raced Ironman Tallinn a couple of years ago and set PBs in the swim, bike, and run. Here are the five things I wish somebody had told me before race morning.
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Strength Training in Disguise
This week's key session was hill repeats. Problem: I live in the Netherlands, and there are approximately zero hills.
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