Tag: yoga

These stairs never felt this high. It’s the result of yesterday’s strength session and this morning’s run. But, I love painful legs.

In love with painful legs

27/06/2023

A trail runner needs 4 pairs of legs. Each with its own specific goal: climbing legs, running legs, yoga legs and power hiking legs.

Every trail runner needs 4 pairs of legs

16/06/2023

I haven’t done Vinyasa flow for months. My right shoulder didn’t let me. Now the pain is almost gone, I’m on my yoga mat again.

Back on my yoga mat

24/05/2023

Yeah, I’m running again. I missed it so much. The sun shines, the birds sing, and it’s around 20 degrees. What else can a man ask for?

Finally running again

21/05/2023

Five days till ERYRI 25k at Ultra Trail Snowdonia. We’re in Wales. This is the sixth country I will be running a race in.

Wales here we come

08/05/2023

Sara Bigattii is mostly known as yoga teacher, but she's also a runner. In this podcast we will talk about both: yoga and running.

Podcast: Sara Bigatti, the runner

28/04/2023

On bed, doing yin yoga. I should be out for a run now. My second run of today, but my low back doesn’t let me. It needs yoga.

My low back needs yoga

09/04/2023

Yes, it’s done. We have booked a trail running holiday to Austria. It won’t be for a while, but it’s something to look forward to.

We’re going on a trail running holiday

28/03/2023

Fifty years. Fifty years and 4 months to be precise. So, what does that mean for me as a trail runner? That I am doomed. Too old to be fast.

I am doomed

12/03/2023

We'll spend a lot of time in Italy this summer, teaching yoga. Let's see if I can find some trail runs to do there.

Italy, here we come

15/02/2023

It just sank in. I ran a marathon yesterday. Not just a marathon, a trail marathon. At this moment I feel a bit overwhelmed.

I ran a marathon, against doctor’s advice

12/02/2023

I hoped a month of rest would fix Sara's knee. It didn’t. I fixed my own knee, so the question is, can I fix Sara? Or at least her knee.

Can I fix Sara?

29/01/2023

Normally I run first thing in the morning. On the days I don’t run, I do yoga. Only after that does my day start.

Running first thing in the morning

20/01/2023

No New Year’s resolutions for me for 2023. I don’t believe in them. I believe in changing goals and habits when they have to be change

No New Year’s resolutions for 2023

01/01/2023

Sara and I went out for a 4k run. The plan was to do recovery run, but not such a short one. The reason we did; my left knee is not happy.

My left knee is not happy

28/12/2022

Yoga is a beautiful philosophy. It believes we’re all one. We come to earth to have an experience. After that, we return to an ocean of love.

An ocean of love

16/12/2022

This is a blog for trail runners, yet I talk a lot about yoga. Why? Because yoga is the perfect way to feel your body.

Yoga is the perfect way to feel your body

07/12/2022

Do you know that feeling that if you have time, you would …. I have time, but I’m not doing anything.That's why I’m struggling with myself.

Struggling with myself

03/12/2022

I want a boring life to read, write, do yoga and go trail running

I want a boring life

30/11/2022

Four perfect ways to start the day: baking bread, trail running, yoga and reading

Four perfect ways to start the day

26/11/2022

Writers write, runners run

Writers write, runners run

22/11/2022

Doing some Yin yoga on bed. My hips and low back hurt, after all these nights on the sofa. I’m not built to lay down, I’m built to move. So yoga first, running later.

Yoga first, running later

19/11/2022

Sara Bigatti recording a podcast for La Scimmia Yoga at the The Running Dutchman Podcast studio

The Running Dutchman podcast

09/11/2022

Picture of John with traffic sign 50, being 50 years old

I’m 50 years old, half of the work is done

27/10/2022

Full day. Yet, we found time to go for a run. A run that reminded me of India. Of bumping into cows at night.

Bumping into cows at night

25/10/2022

These days I’m not running, but writing about yoga. The course Yoga for your Spine, for our online yoga platform La Scimmia Yoga.

Focusing on Yoga for your Spine

24/10/2022

It’s the day after my longest run in my second running life. I feel good. At the same time, I’m also thinking I’m getting old.

I’m getting old

23/10/2022

We have a new car. An electric one. It’s in line with our company policy: being climate neutral. Yet, we're sad to let Berlinga go.

Sad to let Berlinga go

19/10/2022

Cinema day today. See how they run. Okay, this movie has nothing to do with running, but today was a rest day, so a good day for the movies.

See how they run

17/10/2022

I promised you to look back at the Milan Yoga Festival, so here are my thoughts; it was beautiful, but could have been so much better.

Looking back at the Milan Yoga Festival

07/10/2022

Sara and Nicola teaching at Yoga Festival Milan, last weekend. Now we’re home again. This time to stay. Well, not forever, but at least longer than a week. I’m happy to be home as I can’t wait to go for a run.

Home again, this time to stay

03/10/2022

I got a quick Yin yoga practice in. Quick, because we have a day of travelling. In the Netherlands that means getting to the airport early, because there is a lack of security staff.

Just another day of travelling

29/09/2022

Taking a moment to do yoga. This week is one of those crazy weeks with a lot of things happening. Sadly enough, because I like boring weeks. I’ll tell you why.

Crazy weeks versus boring weeks

28/09/2022

I run, because I don’t watch television. I don’t even own one. Getting rid of my TV, still feels like a blessing.

A life without television

25/09/2022

Time to reflect on the Three Mealls race

Time to reflect on the Three Mealls race

19/09/2022

Just hanging around a bit at today’s races at Skyline Scotland in Kinlochleven to cheer for today's runners. Tomorrow it's my turn.

Cheering at Skyline Scotland

17/09/2022

View from our Tiny house in Kirkhill. I will go for a run here tomorrow, as my legs don’t feel like running today

My legs don’t feel like running

14/09/2022

Did we see a fairy up on Craigellachie?

Did we see a fairy up on Craigellachie?

13/09/2022

A day of walking in the Loch Lomond National Park in Scotland

A day of walking

10/09/2022

Restless legs, but no running. However, I did walk through Edinburgh today

Restless legs, but no running

06/09/2022

Having a siesta on the sea, while sailing to England

Siesta on the sea

05/09/2022

A day without training, but with photo shoots

A day without training

03/09/2022

Going for a walk with Sara and in the meantime wondering what will be my next trail race?

What will be my next trail run?

29/08/2022

My first cross training; on the bike

My first serious cross training

23/08/2022

A day full of yoga; yin yoga and Vinyasa Flow Yoga

Today it is all about yoga

13/08/2022

No running. Doing yoga as an extra day of rest

An extra day of rest

11/08/2022

To start a new Trail Running Blog you sometimes just have to think: Let's Just do it

A new trail running blog, let’s just do it

10/08/2022