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There’s nothing like photomicography for making you believe we’re living in a computer simulation and all our imagined monsters are just memories of the time the simulation ran with small humans and massive ants 😂 📸 Ant: Eugenijus Kavaliauskas 📸 Beetle: Yousef Al-Habshi

Off season racing is a great way to stay fit and get out of your comfort zone (ladders, chains and some crawling through the Badall Pass for me!). If you feel anxious before key races, doing “fun” races is really important. Helps regain perspective, practice pre-race sleep etc.

18 pieces of coursework, 9 timed tests and a final exam later... really happy to have completed my Professional Diploma in Strength and Conditioning Barça Innovation Hub. It was much harder than expected (so much reading!) but absolutely worth the 9 months' work!

When you lose your mojo... get out there and find it. Recently I've had very little motivation to run or train. I have the habit in place but no enjoyment or confidence, with one niggle after another. But I wasn't going to find it sat at home either... 1/3

Now is the time to work on speed for spring and summer ultras. I have a couple of coaching spots if you want to get faster!

If we want a kinder, more liberal society we have to convince far righters that they are safe. MRI scans show larger amygdalas in far right voters so laughing at them, arguing or fighting will never work. They are hard wired for fear and anger. We bring them back with kindness.

Really clever people with high expertise don’t always sound confident because they know enough to know what they don’t know. Moderately clever people with minimal expertise can sound more convincing to people who don’t know the subject matter. Social media has elevated the latter

I’ll be posting less here because, well, you know… I’ve just joined Threads. Come say hi.

Swinging back by Twitter for my annual Christmas free trial 🥳. I'm offering a month of coaching absolutely free, so if you're on the fence about trying online endurance coaching now is the time to give it a go! Use code XMAS2024 on ultrapotential.org

Last chance to try online coaching free for a month. Offer open until midnight 31 December. 100% personalised endurance coaching Strength and conditioning Access to coach via WhatsApp & Zoom every 2 months Use XMAS2024 ultrapotential.org/trainingplans/…

I've finally finished the schedule I wish I'd had when I started running! It's a whopping 32 weeks, allowing for every part of the body to adapt as you grow from novice to robust runner, ready for anything. ultrapotential.org/trainingplans/…

Tapering is science-backed art: get to the race as fresh as possible without losing fitness. Science says: decrease volume 41-60% over 8-14 days, maintain intensity & consistency. Yet I still see people advising starting 3 weeks out or dropping intensity ultrapotential.org/resources/tape…

Whilst you should drink to thirst, it's useful to know how much fluid you need to take with you on long runs. You can use my calculator in different conditions to find out your individual fluid loss: ultrapotential.org/calculators#hy…