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SAC 2025

skills

"A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor"

-Franklin d. roosevelt

Improving as a (competitive) sailor

Yes, I have sailed more than 12.000 nautical miles and I have crossed the Atlantic twice, but less than 10% of those miles were single-handed and the crossings were double-handed on larger boats. Plus, the last time I crossed a regatta starting line was about 30 years ago. So, there is more than just a little brushing up to do.

Sailing skills updates

mobility

mobilizing and stretching

As I had written in an older post, I hurt my right knee pretty badly a few years back. I decided against surgery back then, which I am still convinced…
5K (2) (1)

First 10K in 25 years

Ok, moving on and ahead. I have been running 3 days in most weeks since late August and have now managed to run 10K in 55 minutes. I have to…
5K (1)

First 5K in 10 years

Ok, this will probably not appear as any kind of achievement to most of you, but after years of of neglect this mortal coil needs time to get where it…