Category: Motivation

Marathon, Motivation, Race Review

12 things I learned while running 12 Marathons in a year

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In 2018 I ran 12 Marathons for charity. This was by far the most challenging and life changing project I had done up to this point. Besides accumulating lots of awesome finisher t-shirts, medals and memories along the way, I also learned some valuable life lessons during these 12 Marathons that I want to share with you right now.

In case you are interested in race recaps of all of my 12 Marathons, you can check them out here.

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Motivation

5 reasons why you need a customized t-shirt for your Marathon

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One of the most important items when running a Marathon or Half Marathon is your running shirt. Besides that it should be comfortable, moisture wicking an breathable, it should also represent you and why you are running. It can be a huge phsychological factor for your race because it can make you proud and confident. A customized t-shirt that you can design and customize yourself will benefit you and your race.

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Berlin Marathon
Fitness, Health, Marathon, Motivation

Overcoming failure – I missed my Berlin Marathon goal, now what?

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In fitness and sports we like to talk about goals and personal bests. But something we do not like to talk about is failure. Somehow the error culture in our modern social media influenced world is non existing. We rather present failure free and perfect lives on instagram. But this is not the real world. Everyone fails sooner or later. It is absolutely human and we have to talk honestly about it. So I’ll make the first step:

I failed and missed my Berlin Marathon goal of running a sub 4 hour time.

And I am not very happy about it. And I know many other runners that also missed their goals at the Berlin Marathon 2018, and are also gutted about it. So why am I writing this blogpost? Maybe to give us all, including me a different perspective on how we can overcome our failures.

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Fitness, Motivation, Training

How to get into a new fitness routine after a move

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I’ve moved cities 5 times in the last 10 years, and it has always been tough and challenging. Even worse, I had to change my fitness routine because all my favorite classes and running routes were no longer available. But I’ve also learned a lot on how to stay fit while moving and want to share that with you.

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