Olympic Swim with Pieter!

I swam with an Olympic legend today: three time gold medalist freestyle Pieter van den Hoogenband! He is Hollands best swimmer in history and one of our most famous Olympians. In 2000, he defeated Ian Thorpe on his home turf in Sydney, Australia to take both the 100m and 200m gold medals while setting new [...]

These shoes are made for running

…And that’s just what they’ll do! My beloved Asics were run down to a thread. They served me well for over 1,5 years and many miles, but the time had come. So, after great advice at a running shoe specialty store, I switched to the Nike Zoom Elite+ 4. It is a much lighter and slightly more [...]

Running naked & barefoot!

The sports shoe industry has spent over 40 years and massive R&D dollars in developing the modern running shoe. It should provide us with the support, padding, shock absorption and anatomical alignment that is critical to running without injury. There is one problem, however… Injured and sore Most runners suffer from common injuries such as Achilles [...]

Swim workouts

I was at a loss for a good swim workout for today, so I scoured the web for ideas. Here’s a cool idea: swimming ladders while increasing the amount of repeats as you are descending down the ladder. So, instead of  a “standard” ladder like 500 | 400 | 300 | 200 | 100 | 50 [...]

Swim into the light, my son.

So, I went for my first workout since arriving in Holland. A nice brisk swim at the local 25m pool on Thursday night. And guess what, that’s disco night – for old ladies… The pool now has LED lighting, which makes it look like a cheesy 80’s nightclub with blacklights. Remember those? The only good thing [...]

a Season of Triathlon

Looking back on a first season of traithlon!