In this sport, it’s a rarity that everything aligns perfectly on race day. But at the Long Distance Duathlon World Champs – held, as always, at Powerman Zofingen – things seemed to come together for me into a performance that I can be truly happy with! It was a nervous start to the day: afterContinue reading “Powerman Zofingen: The day it all came together”
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Becoming a Marathoner: 14 weeks to London
In just over 14 weeks time, I will be toeing the line at my first marathon, in London. That’s right, debuting with a nice small race…As someone embarking on a marathon adventure for the first time, I figured it would be well worth documenting my training in weekly blogs. In these posts I will giveContinue reading “Becoming a Marathoner: 14 weeks to London”
What I learned from running a sub 17 Parkrun
I have been training and racing in endurance sports for nearly four years now. Not a huge amount of time, granted, but you could say that I am no stranger to suffering – it has become a simple fact of life in the sports that I partake. As endurance athletes reading this, I am sureContinue reading “What I learned from running a sub 17 Parkrun”
Recovery Tips for the Plant-Based Athlete
For every athlete, it is in the time off from training that the true gains are made: when we are recovering from the stresses of training our bodies make the adaptations necessary to make us stronger the next time we head out. Recovery from training has several components: Diet, sleep, massage, stretching, life stress. Here,Continue reading “Recovery Tips for the Plant-Based Athlete”
Welcome to the blog!
Hello everyone, and a warm welcome to Planting Performance. I’m Dan Soltys: vegan cyclist and runner on a journey to see what I can achieve in endurance sports with nothing more than hard work and conscious eating. A bit of background… Brought up in Penarth, just outside Cardiff, I am the first to admit thatContinue reading “Welcome to the blog!”
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