Bart Drechsel

Felt inspiring, might delete this later. (And if you don’t want to read you can just look at us on the beach)

Waves:

The first competition of the year is over. The full recap is coming but now while I’m in bed all of the thoughts splash through my mind like waves hitting the beach and I want to take you to this mind beach tonight.

🌊 #1. It’s a BIG wave. I can see it from afar. As it crashes onto itself it makes a big rumble. But it’s so far it doesn’t affect me… yet. —> I’ve already been lucky enough to have had countless amazing sportive moments in my life where I’ve felt this is the fittest I’ll ever be. I’m 40, how many of these do I have left?

🌊 #2. A wave that catches me by surprise. It lifts me up and slams me to the oceanfloor. I’m spun around like a washing machine. The wave is stronger than I am but I love playing in these big waves! —> All these incredible athletes that are so much fitter than we are… how? Why? I’m impressed… I’m inspired and also I realise I will probably never reach that level of fitness. Which is ok, but I have to remind myself that we often look up to others who are better and forget to appreciate how far we’ve come ourselves.

🌊 #3. This wave is the perfect wave. The reason you go to the beach really. This wave picks you up gently and lifts you high. Then softly puts you back down.
—> I feel like the richest man in the world knowing that I get to share my passion with incredible friends that I LOVE. @neonisse and @barenddewit

🌊 #4. The wave you dream of. You take a big breath and make a swim stroke and you let it carry you all the way back to the beach with a thundering roar. —> There is no place like home. I love traveling for these competitions. And I love training hours every week even if it means spending a lot of time away from home. But I know that when I drift back home with a sore body and over stimulated mind I feel an instant calm when I fall into my husbands arms. There is no place like home and wherever I am I will keep that in my mind ❤️