Healing & Gratitude

Morning coffee

It’s been a while since I last sat down to write a blog post. Life lately has been a swirl of projects, emails, and plans that seem to multiply overnight. But beneath all that busyness, something deeper has been unfolding, a slow, quiet kind of healing. For months, my world revolved around recovery. The crash […]

Why Walking Is Still One of the Best Workouts in the World

Walking

The quiet comeback of movement For most of my adult life, walking never counted as a “real” workout. I ran. I swam. I biked for hours under the sun. I trained for triathlons, chased speed, and tracked numbers. Walking was what I did between training sessions, not the training itself. But three weeks ago, everything […]

What Your Body Teaches You When You Listen Closely

Walking

A Walk Around the Building A loop around my apartment building is about 500 meters. Normally, that would sound like nothing to me. I’m used to waking up at 5 AM, meditating, stretching, then heading out for a run, swim, or cycling session that lasts two hours or more. Long training sessions are my comfort […]

Healing After Injury: My Journey From Pain to Patience and Gratitude

The Crash That Changed My Routine It is surprising how quickly life can flip. One day you are training hard, keeping a routine you have built for months or even years. And then suddenly, in just one accident, you are forced to stop. For me, it was a fractured wrist and pain in my chest […]

From Struggle to Strength – Cycling and Running at Ironman 70.3

Ironman triathlon race

After sharing my swimming experience in the last blog post, it only feels right to write about the next two parts of my triathlon journey: the 90km bike ride and 21km run. Unlike swimming, which has always been my weak point, I used to consider cycling and running my strengths. But this race was a […]