When you sign up for a race, one of the big questions (whether you realise it or not) is: "Do I know this course — or am I about to meet it for the first time?"

Both options come with their own magic — and their own challenges. As someone who’s run both familiar trails I know like the back of my hand and unfamiliar routes in faraway places, here’s what I’ve learned.

Who needs a red carpet? Why finishing my self-supported IronMan meant more than any medal.

When you're hours (or even days) into an ultra-endurance event, things get… a little weird. But weird can be wonderful. Over the years, I’ve noticed a few quirks that have become my unexpected survival tools. They’re not in any training manual — but they work for me. Maybe they’ll work for you too, or at least make you smile.

Is triathlon and specifically IronMan a sport for the rich and wealthy? A spicy question, isn’t it? Well, I’ll leave it up to you to make your own judgement on this question. In this article, I’m going to share with you what I invested in this undertaking.

The off-season is there to take off my mind from races and challenges and simply run for the pure joy of it. Because I love training, I find the off-season quite challenging at times. So I developed my personal Do’s & Don’t for the off-season to let my body and mind really recuperate.

The final days and weeks before race day can be tough because you need to rest even though you want to train. Here are my top tips to master your taper phase in order to reach peak performance on race day.

The mind is my strongest muscle. In this article I’m letting you inside my head. I’ll show you what I keep saying and thinking to myself during endurance challenges.

Deciding to do an IronMan on my own and self-supported wasn’t an easy one. Through journaling I reminded myself why I embarked on this journey and I discovered that the reason was much bigger than me. Here’s what message I want to send to people.

Here’s a timeline of what went down before my self-supported IronMan.

My last race of this season was the IronMan 70.3 in Weymouth. It was brutal and epic. 37 mph winds, thunderstorms and pouring rain. And here’s why I call it IronMind.

Guided meditation is another word for ‘hypnosis’ and it’s far from the idea of performance hypnotherapists making people walk and sound like chickens on stage. Thus, that’s why I personally prefer to call it ‘guided meditation’. Find out what it really is and register for a free online guided meditation with me.

The last part of my 100 km ultra was agonising and all I wanted was a break from running. But as soon as it was over, I started to think about what the top 3 things are I need to work on so I can improve my performance at the next 100 km ultra. Crazy, I know, but it’s the truth.

One of the most frequent questions I get asked is: How does it feel to have run 100 km? Actually, I’ve been asking this question myself for a while now and until recently I didn’t have an answer.

It doesn’t matter how long or short the route is I’m going to run or if I know the course inside out or not, I always split the route into different parts. Here’s how and why I split this 100 km route into the following 6 parts.

Going into my first 100 km Ultra Trail Run Challenge, it was interesting and a bit of a guessing game what to pack, especially hydration and nutrition wise. Here’s what I decided to bring with me on this incredible journey.

It’s one week after my 100 km Ultra Trail Run Challenge and I’m still processing it all. But I’d like to share with you how I experienced the challenge day. This is how I remember the whole course.

Cancelling an event is never easy. Especially not when it happened the second time in a row and after months of hard preparation. Here’s how I cope with the disappointment and what I’m going to do instead.

I love my vegan lifestyle, however, there are a few challenges I face. In this article, I’m going to share with you i.e. how I prepare my meals when I travel, the prejudice I face because I am vegan and how I respond to them.

You’ve probably seen the terms ‘vegan’ and ‘whole-food plant-based diet’ in my posts and might be wondering if is there a difference and if yes, what’s the difference between a plant-based and vegan diet? Here’s the answer to your question.

My transition to a fully plant-based diet took much longer than I initially thought. But it was the absolute right decision in order to make a healthy and sustainable switch to a vegan diet. Here’s how I approached it.