Laufen und Leben

A different no-guest podcast today. I´m developing my own style step by step. Sometimes I think of a great guest to have on the show and then I go back to following through an idea I have about a topic and the value it hopefully provides for you.  In this episode, I focus on...focus. And what it means to create it and what you can do to stay in your track. Because honestly, I struggle with it often. I can be super focused and not let anything distract myself...

7 Tage. 4 Länder. 260 km. Ein Team. Über 15.000 Höhenmeter im Auf- und Abstieg. Ein Traum. Wir haben ausgeträumt. Der Traum verpuffte im Nirwana aus Schmerzen, Qualen und der ewigen Sinnfrage: Wozu, wofür das Ganze? Schon länger hatten wir mit der Idee geliebäugelt, den TAR zusammen zu laufen. Seit Jahren stand dieser auf meiner Liste und immer wieder wiegelte ich Angebote von Läufern ab, die ihn mit mir laufen wollten.  Immer wieder kam etwas dazwischen...

Balance, a rather overused buzz word. Aiming to help us with more ease and - balance.  But what is balance? Pretty much all year, I´ve been in conflict with trying to keep and lead a balanced life.  Attempting to spend equal amounts of time on training, my business, family life and my relationship.  An impossible task to fulfil leading to burn-out, resentment and frustration.  Motivation for training sucked.  I became very impatient and couldn´t quite understand why...

Eine Frage, die immer wieder berechtigterweise auftaucht, ist: Wie mache ich mich fit für den Berg, wenn ich im Flachland wohne? Immer beliebter werden und sind bereits die Trail-Läufe, die es mit vielen Höhenmetern in sich haben. Gerade diese Läufe üben einen besonderen Reiz aus, denn die Herausforderung zu bewältigen, erfordert nicht nur körperliche Fitness, sondern auch die mentale Bereitschaft, einige Hürden auf dem Weg zu überwinden...

Eating and drinking in training and in races can be a real science. If you decide to make it one.  Today, I´m shining the light on a topic that is on the one side, very individual and on the other, something where some guidelines can indeed work for most endurance athletes.  I share my personal experience from last week´s ultra marathon where I ran for 11 hours and put another experience in the books.  Where no stomach issues played a role.  Where I could perfectly sustain my energy levels...

Time to shake things up a bit in the best sense. After carefully observing the endurance running scene, talking to athletes and in my work as a coach it´s more than obvious that many people struggle to juggle their running training, recovery, relationships, health and careers. It is a huge undertaking if you´re an ambitious runner that wants to take performance to the next level...

This conversation is different. It has nothing to do with endurance running but a different kind of endurance needed if you want to pursue your vision as an entrepreneur – and succeed. The road has not always been smooth for Jamie Miralles as he speaks from his experience when he first started setting up his first online business. Imagine, this was back in 1997 where it had all just started selling services online...

Just tell yourself a different story and you´ll feel confident? Rings a bell in your head? So often we´re told to just be strong, good, showing up as the best when can be.  But what if you feel the opposite and all you want is hide? All those techniques just  don´t seem to work? You doubt yourself, your abilities. And everyone else around you seems to be doing so much better than you.  You´re not the problem. And there is nothing wrong with you...

This is a different episode where I answer your most pressing questions on training, nutrition and mindset. All that concerns improving your life as an athlete.  I frequently get asked questions so I decided to answer them in a podcast instead in order to serve you better. I could have gone on for much longer but decided to keep it with a couple of very specific questions...

This is a different kind of conversation. A talk about entrepreneurship, tackling difficult and challenging times in business, overcoming obstacles, building confidence, enduring in extreme rock and ice climbing and a quiet life in Ireland. I invited a real power couple onto the show, Walt Hampton and Ann Sheybani. Both are highly successful entrepreneurs, endurance athletes and thought leaders. I first „met“ Ann back in 2011...