Entries by Luke

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Running Into Overtraining

RUNNING & OVERTRAINING   Do you think that you always have to feel exhausted after every training session? Do you think that you have to increase your amount of training every week? Do you think that you need to train more to achieve more in your running training? If you have answered yes to all […]

Road to Recovery with 2xu

RECOVERING FROM SURGERY WITH 2XU   Since December 2021 I knew I had an issue with my left hamstring. It started as tightness after my long runs, then I felt restricted when lengthening my stride during intervals. It had been a solid 12 months of training under the watchful eye of my coach. I was […]

BLOG #2 ROAD TO RECOVERY WITH 2XU

BLOG #2 ROAD TO RECOVERY WITH 2XU   I miss the ability to walk around, sit and have dinner with my wife, and I won’t go into details, but trying to sit down to go to the toilet is literally a pain in my… The basic daily activities that you never really think about are […]

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BLOG #3 ROAD TO RECOVERY WITH 2XU

ROAD TO RECOVERY 2XU The enormity of what I was facing finally hit me. The reality of how draining the past few weeks have been could not be ignored anymore. My exhaustion comes from the restriction of movement, and what that allows me to do or where I can go, making me uncomfortable in my […]

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BLOG #4 ROAD TO RECOVERY WITH 2XU

TRUST THE PROCESS & TAKE THE NEXT STEP Standing at the top of my stairs leading out of my apartment, deep down inside of me, I felt a little nervous. It’s hard to describe—like when you add more weight to an exercise at the gym that you haven’t lifted before, or not for a while. […]

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BLOG #5 ROAD TO RECOVERY WITH 2XU

Discipline in Injury Recovery: Your Key to a Successful Comeback Introduction The Role of Discipline in Recovery Personal Journey: Embracing Discipline Actionable Strategies for Staying Disciplined Conclusion Introduction In the journey of injury recovery, motivation can be fleeting. It’s discipline that becomes the cornerstone of a successful comeback. This article delves into the importance of […]

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BLOG #6 ROAD TO RECOVERY WITH 2XU

RECOVERING FROM INJURY IS COMPLICATED   Recovering from injury is rarely linear, or with a constant upward trajectory. However, for the first 12 weeks, my road to recovery from Hamstring surgery was pretty close to this. Weeks 10, 11, and 12 ticked by as planned, with my rehabilitation program being completed like clockwork. For week […]

Climbing Volcanoes in Guatemala

This was my first real big adventure. I spent eight days in Guatemala climbing active volcanoes and seeing some of the beauty the country has to offer. I spent most of my time in the second largest city Quetzaltenango, which is at the base of The Santa Maria Volcano, the 4th  highest Volcano in Guatemala […]

MT ASPIRING

A close friend asked if I wanted to join him to climb Mt Aspiring, New Zealand’s second highest mountain on its magical South Island; I didn’t give taking on this picturesque technical climb a second thought, I was in! Unfortunately, we were delayed to get up into the mountain because of bad weather, then after a day of rock […]

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My Ireland Run

A run from the bottom to the top of Ireland My Ireland Run was something i’d been thinking about for a couple of years. We all know I love to run, and since I have never been to Ireland, I thought it made perfect sense! This run was not about being the first, the fastest, […]