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Belief – Gratitude – Clarity
Show up every moment.
Discover and experience the process of living.
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Traveling in style & comfort:
@altrarunning_europe #zerolimits 😎
@ntrecovery ...Glutes & hips then the boots for feet & legs. 🤙
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#peace #plants #namaste
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Belief – Gratitude – Clarity
Show up every moment.
Discover and experience the process of living.
http://soulfulsojourn.com
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@Crownhealth
#PlantBased #RealFood
#NoAdditives #AllNatural #GutFriendly
#SwissQuality #sustainability
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@altrarunning 🇨🇦
@altrarunning_nordic 🇸🇪 🇳🇴
@altrarunning_europe 🇪🇺
#footshape #zerolimits
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@zizuoptics 😎
#sunglasses #optics #eyeprotection
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@RADrollerteam @radrollernordic
#BetterInMotion #radlife #radroller
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@ultramancanada 🍁 #alohaeh
@umwchawaii 🌺
#aloha #ohana #kokua
#ultramanworlds
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@ironmantri #swim #bike #run

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@umwchawaii 🌺
Erick Marquez dug deep for a strong double marathon. The weather conditions were excellent from Hawi to Kailua-Kona. I had the honour of running with Erick for almost 30km, including the last 4km where we put down a 5:00min/km pace!
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It’s been an honour to work with Miguel and Luis in supporting Erick at his first #ultramanworlds.
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@athloshn
#aloha #ohana #kokua

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@umwchawaii 🌺
He did it! Erick Marquez biked the entire 276km through torrential downpours, long descents, even longer ascents, extreme winds from every direction, blowing flog, fierce cold, bright sunshine, flat tires, and mud-caked brakes.
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I’m immensely impressed with how hard @fhermarq worked today. His effort was definitely ultra-level mentally and physically. The aloha ohana kokua, and dancing on the course today filled the heart and fuelled the stoke.
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Tomorrow is the double-marathon from Hawi to Kailua-Kona. Aloha!
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@athloshn
#aloha #ohana #kokua
#ultramanworlds

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@umwchawaii 🌺
It was a much longer day than hoped for Erick Marquez from Honduras.
• The tide pulled swimmers outside, adding extra distance & time. @fhermarq was in the saltwater for 5hrs 39min.
• He pushed hard on the uphill 145km bike but came up a few km’s and several minutes short of the 12 hour cutoff for the day.
• Brother @miguelmbueno, friend @espinal_15, and I did everything we could to boost the stoke, including time with totems, cheering/feeding/informing, and even some dancing.
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Erick plans on giving it all tomorrow in the 276km bike ride: Volcano-Pāhoa-Kalapana-Hilo-Honokaa-Waimea-Kwaihae-Hawi-Kapa’au
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@athloshn
#aloha #ohana #kokua
#ultramanworlds

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@umwchawaii 🌺
I’m stoked to be the crew chief for Erick Marquez from Honduras at his first #ultramanworlds. As first time crew are his brother Miguel and friend Luis learning the ropes.
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Day 1: 10km ocean swim + 145km bike.
Kailua-Kona pier --> Volcano, HI.
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@athloshn
#aloha #ohana #kokua

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☀️ Sunrise — Sunset ☀️
https://soulfulsojourn.com/sunrise-sunset/
For the past month, I've been bookending my days with each sunrise & sunset. It’s been very nurturing and fulfilling. Why is this?
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We know that early light exposure aids our circadian rhythms.
❝The body craves rhythm. The body would love to go to bed and get up at pretty regular times. And certainly one of the biggest and most effective changes people could make to their sleep is to actually fix wake up time.❞ ~Dr Neil Stanley
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I also feel more in touch with and connected to nature. Grounded and grateful in the simplicity of the present moment. Satisfied.
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I move at nature’s pace.
Her will be done, not mine.
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#peace #plants #namaste
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Belief – Gratitude – Clarity
Show up every moment.
Discover and experience the process of living.
http://soulfulsojourn.com
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@Crownhealth
#PlantBased #RealFood
#NoAdditives #AllNatural #GutFriendly
#SwissQuality #sustainability
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@altrarunning 🇨🇦
@altrarunning_nordic 🇸🇪 🇳🇴
#footshape #zerodrop
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@zizuoptics 😎
#sunglasses #optics #eyeprotection
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@RADrollerteam @radrollernordic
#BetterInMotion #radlife #radroller
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@ultramancanada 🍁 #alohaeh
@umwchawaii 🌺
#aloha #ohana #kokua
#ultramanworlds
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@ironmantri #swim #bike #run

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Even the best in the world take an end-of-season recovery break. In fact, that's part of why they are the best!
...1 month off! Then into prep phase healthy & stronger. 😎🤙
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#Repost @danielaryf
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Off to South Africa 😁🇿🇦
After a great month recovery I’m looking forward to getting back into riding with the @breitling squad for @qhubeka raising funds and helping kids to have a bike to go to school 🤩🙌🏼 #squadonamission

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~ Curious & Unpredictable ~
https://soulfulsojourn.com/curious-unpredictable/
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Life is so very curious.
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I marvel at it.
I curse it.
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I’m pulled to my knees by it.
I drop to my knees before it.
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I shake my head at it.
I laugh within it.
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Mostly, I just try to make it through each day a somewhat reasonable person and without hurting myself or anyone else.
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Life is the most unpredictable thing I experience.
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#peace #plants #namaste
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Belief – Gratitude – Clarity
Show up every moment.
Discover and experience the process of living.
http://soulfulsojourn.com

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❝Nothing we do or say in this lifetime will matter as much as the way we loved each other.❞
― Daphne Rose Kingma
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#peace #plants #namaste
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Belief – Gratitude – Clarity
Show up every moment.
Discover and experience the process of living.
http://soulfulsojourn.com/
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#AltraRunning @altrarunning
#AltraRunningCanada 🇨🇦
@altrarunning_nordic 🇸🇪 🇳🇴
#footshape #embracethespace #zerodrop #zerolimits
@zizuoptics 😎
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@Crownhealth #AllNatural #PlantBased #NoAdditives #RealFood #GutFriendly #SwissQuality #sustainability
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@RADrollerteam @radrollernordic #BetterInMotion #radlife #radroller #radrollerteam
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@ultramancanada 🍁 #alohaeh @umwchawaii 🌺
#aloha #ohana #kokua
#ultramanworlds
@ironmantri #swim #bike #run

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* Super-Compensation *
https://soulfulsojourn.com/super-compensation/
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❝Gluttony does not produce hunger.❞ ~Matt Dixon
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In his groundbreaking book “The Science of Winning”, Jan Olbrecht PhD defines and illuminates the principle of super-compensation. It is the part of the adaptation phenomenon where physical performance increases above the initial level, which is the goal at the end of a training block and before starting the next cycle. It occurs because the body’s rebuilding efforts continue for a short time after returning to baseline to better equip itself for future stress. But if we get greedy and overextend ourselves then recovery time must be extended thereby diminishing opportunities for super-compensation.
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Dr Olbrecht gives three requirements for successful super-compensation:
1. A healthy body
By definition, super-compensation isn’t possible during a state of un-health or dis-ease. To go beyond initial fitness levels we must first normalise the cell environment, recover neuromuscular stimulation, restore enzyme and hormone concentrations and activity, and replenish energy.
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❝Adaptation does not occur in a state of constant fatigue.❞ ~David Roche
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2. Adequate training intensity and volume
Maintaining adequate training without over-training can be challenging, but it’s better to err on the side of (sustainable) vibrant energy than dig a hole into lethargy. If there’s a failure to recover despite a typically adequate recovery time, an ongoing underperformance, or a lack of energy capacity for other parts of our life, then over-reaching and over-training are likely occurring.
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❝Adequate training means to stress the system a little bit, 👉and stressing it a ‘little bit’ is a bar that is much lower than most people realise.👈❞ ~ @shawnbearden ...

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Overdistance days mean that I get to enjoy looooong durations of training at veeeeeery low intensities, visit special places, stop for food and coffee, and finish feeling recharged.
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And if the training is performed indoors then the intensity stays the same, the duration decreases, and focus goes into growing mentally strong.
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✌️ ∙ 🌱 ∙ 🙏
#peace #plants #namaste
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#AltraRunning @altrarunning
#AltraRunningCanada 🇨🇦
@altrarunning_nordic 🇸🇪 🇳🇴
#footshape #embracethespace #zerodrop #zerolimits
@zizuoptics 😎
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@Crownhealth #AllNatural #PlantBased #NoAdditives #RealFood #GutFriendly #SwissQuality #sustainability
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@RADrollerteam @radrollernordic #BetterInMotion #radlife #radroller #radrollerteam
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@ultramancanada 🍁 #alohaeh @umwchawaii 🌺
#aloha #ohana #kokua
#ultramanworlds
@ironmantri #swim #bike #run
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Belief – Gratitude – Clarity
Show up every moment.
Discover and experience the process of living.
http://soulfulsojourn.com/

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Yup...
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#Repost @jefffosterofficial
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TO A FRIEND IN CRISIS

Friend, I don’t know how to help you.
I don’t know how to take away your pain.
I don’t know how to remove your heartache, your fear, your sorrow, the longings that burn deep inside.
I have known these visitors.
I have never found a way to annihilate them in myself.
I am as broken and as lost as you are.
My answers have crumbled too.
Yes, I know the yearning and loneliness you speak of.
I ran from my pain for years. I tried every fix, every solution, every addiction.
I tried to drink my loneliness away, sex it away, eat it away, meditate it away.
I tried to surround myself with people to distract myself, became addicted to people and still the loneliness haunted me.
I tried to hypnotise myself with religion, spirituality, dogma, belief and false hope.
There were times I came close to suicide; sometimes that seemed to be the only answer.
I tried to medicate away my loneliness, ignore it, bury myself in work and useless activity. “Just keep moving”, I begged myself. “Don’t stop”. Loneliness banged on the door in the middle of the night.
I heard her cries in my daydreams and nightmares.
I ran until my feet were bloody and raw.
I ran until I could not run anymore.

And then, life forced me to stop.
Through illness, through exhaustion, through the sheer pain of running.
It was only when I stopped… that true healing could begin.
I turned towards my loneliness and let it fill me up.
I thought I would die, but at the heart of loneliness I only found love, and more life, and more light.
And a deeper connection to the Divine.
And near-unbearable compassion for my fellow brothers and sisters.

The ‘darkness’ within me had only been a lost child, longing for love.
She was lonely for me.
She had been waiting.
It was a beautiful reunion.

Now, loneliness and I live together, as One.
We breathe together. Walk in the meadows together. Sit under the sky and laugh and weep.
I have found my love in the darkness.
Now, friend, I sit with you.
Still. Present. Here.
I see your fear, your exquisite brokenness, your yearning heart, and I bow to these gifts, these strengths of yours.
I trust yo

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