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Dorian Van Lier

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Days 43 through 49; AKL ‘26

Another week on the ⬆️
New shoe motivation goes hard, but small-town views go harder. Capping off the week in one of the best parts of the world.
Balancing building and learning Hyrox with peak marathon training with work travel is a challenge but it’s what makes this worthwhile and rewarding. OTTN 😛👹 by @_dorian.vl

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6 days ago

🚨 NEW SHOE ALERT 🚨

I’ve made my decision. I will be taking my talents to Asics with the Metaspeed Edge.

The Metaspeed Edge offers an aggressive response and ride that is perfect for someone who runs like they’re actively fighting the ground. The construction and feel of the shoe feels very familiar to what I’ve previously had, but with more stability in the heel and achilles.

These are the perfect shoes for me to take the start line wearing in a month from tomorrow. COME ON THE GREEN GREMLINS 💚👹 by @_dorian.vl

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10 days ago

Days 36 through 42; AKL ‘26

Back to regular programming after the deload, though with the caveat of adding more Hyrox-focused elements around the running.
Whilst this is about the Auckland Marathon which is only 5 weeks away, my Hyrox debut is only 5 weeks after that and it’s going to be imperative that I now train both simultaneously and without impending one another on my calendar.
Rest becomes even more vital than before as well as recovery and load management.
Daylight saving makes evening training that little bit more enjoyable.
Lots to look forward to, but lots to do. Let’s push 👹 by @_dorian.vl

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13 days ago

Days 29 through 35; AKL ‘26

A much-needed deload week. It gave me a chance to remind myself to not take everything so seriously, live a little, and just have fun and be happy.
It was also a chance to celebrate 2 years of running. An awesome milestone to achieve. I’ve learned a lot in the 340 hours and 4,360km’s I’ve covered since then. I find myself still learning now which I enjoy.
Back into it tomorrow. Last 4-week push before we taper for the race. Come awn!!! by @_dorian.vl

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20 days ago

Days 22 through 28; AKL ‘26

Biggest week on feet this year. Although a peak week in terms of mileage, 90-95% of the running was very low intensity and that was by design. I’m confident in the pace, just a matter of whether I can hold the pace over the time and on that course.

It also brings me to the end of the first build on the block. I’ve broken it up 4 weeks at a time of building to allow myself the necessary time to prioritise highly regimented recovery (something I’m pretty hopeless at historically) and ensure the body is adapting to the training.

With recovery in mind, my deload week starts with a trip to the physio on Monday. Noticed a sharp pain in the high ankle which has me a tad paranoid. Best thing to do is to get it sorted now and learn how to prehab it so I don’t end up rehabbing it. by @_dorian.vl

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a month ago

must’ve been the wind’ ahh run
shoutout to the cyclist who donated his gel to me 😭

session: 2 hours steady, 20 mins @ 3:55/km (MP)

7 weeks till Auckland Marathon
13 weeks till HYROX Melbourne by @_dorian.vl

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a month ago

Days 15 through 21; AKL ‘26

The lessons of last week were learned and I reaped the rewards of it. Got healthy again and picked right up where we left off. First 100km week in nearly a year and building nicely.
I’ve learned to be more in-tune with my body. To go when it says go and to slow when it says to slow down.
On top of that, we hard launched my Hyrox debut to come in Melbourne this December. A quick 4 week turnaround from the marathon to be in shape for that. Thought after 2 years of just running it was about time we added a new string to the bow. Btw there’ll be a post to come soon about that personal milestone in the coming days. COME ON!!! by @_dorian.vl

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a month ago

Days 8 through 14; AKL ‘26

And that’s why I don’t speak too soon. Got the flu and all of a sudden, the training comes to a screaming halt. Off and on and off and on. Working around work travel and trade events on minimal sleep with as much energy as I can muster.

It taught me restraint.
I’m the sort who will go out and overdo it just to ensure I’m hitting the sessions on the block, but I’ve learned that training under illness is going to do me more harm than good. I’ve picked myself back up either in short stints or at a very low intensity and it’ll stay that way until I’m right again.

Right now I’m grateful for the lessons and also grateful I got to go back to one of my favourite places in the world. How good! by @_dorian.vl

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a month ago

Days 1 through 7; AKL ‘26

I’m gonna be honest, the build has started better than anticipated.
It all starts from the rest and recovery which I’ve finally started to get right this week. I’ve felt so much fresher waking up and moving each day. I hit every session this week and with intent and purpose.
A long-awaited 5km PB to finish the week as well just to top it all off after months and months of trying.
Next week will look a lot different. Just have to stay vigilant and carry over the good that I’ve done this week as the time on feet continues to rise.
We are SO BACK chat!!! LFG! 🫳🤝 by @_dorian.vl

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2 months ago

@on Sensations Run
The vibes were ON and shoes were sensational!

A PB Proven run in the new On Cloudboom Strike 2. The next generation of the Cloudboom family. Here’s some fun facts about V2 of the shoe…
• 19g lighter 🪶
• CloudTec Sphere cushioning for a fast ride 💨
• Helion™️ hyper foam for a great energy return

All of this with a very stable midfoot and heel for maximum stability and control while running. It’s a great race shoe for that next PB!

We took these for a 3km TT around the Domain and tried to predict how quickly we’d run it. I predicted 9:57 and ran 9:52 in them.

Once we finished the wear test, we popped down to @mamaresto.co for some pizza & pasta generously put on by the On team.

Thank you to @joshualewthwaiteinger for the invite and @jyedean and the On team for putting this on. It was so good!

#onrunning #cloudboomstrike #running #on taken in Auckland Domain by @_dorian.vl

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2 months ago

Peak winter behaviour taken in Lake Tekapo, New Zealand by @_dorian.vl

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2 months ago

UNDER BIRDS WING 5km TT - 17:08

The most humbling of distances to race. It puts you back in line very quickly.
I set out with a lofty goal that I’ve wanted to achieve since the start of the year, and while this was another day where I hadn’t ticked it off, it was a step closer to it. A PB is a PB at the end of the day and is always something to be proud of.
The effort is too; fighting to keep moving when all I wanted to do was stop because this race taught me what colours smell like and how sounds taste.
Just remember… EVERY distance is much more fun and less gruesome taken in Lovelock Track Mt Roskill by @_dorian.vl

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3 months ago