This blog-post is dedicated to my colleagues/friends at Natixis with whom we shared a grueling 21 hours and 6 minutes in the trails of Hong Kong over a distance of 100km and over 4700 meters of climb.
Oxfam Trailwalker Hong Kong 2018
Turbulence
“You do not know what pain is yet”, says Niander Wallace to Deckard. “You will learn.”
KIX Senshu & Koga Hanamomo Marathon 2018, the back to back A-races
People who know me have probably noticed that wherever I go, I wear my headset most of the time. The reason is that I am always lost in my thinking, I am constantly trying to solve a problem in which
Sakae Riverside Half Marathon. 4th February 2018.
All is uneasily quiet, on a road flat and straight, surrounded by wide farming areas. My mind is calculating, how to maintain a pace which is quick enough but one which won’t see me out of energy down the road.
Strength Training part 2/2
Scrolling across the massive number of articles on strength training for endurance athletes in front of my computer, my head got more and more confused. How many “Top 10 exercises for runners” articles have you seen? Do you recall?
Hakusan Shirakawago 2017 – Ultra marathon – Derek’s report
You’ve done a 100km ultra marathon before, how hard could a 70km be? Said the voice in my head, as if stoking coals of Lucifer’s fire. Well, the September 2017 Hakusan Shirakawago Ultra 70km certainly sounded like a fun