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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Everyone’s journey starts somewhere. My running journey started at 0 km. Here’s how I’ll work my way up to 100 km.

Pretty much every time I talk to someone about ultra trail running, these questions come up.