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@wodcelona the recap movie: What an incredible weekend we had! Doing the thing we love most with amazing friends and doing it in Barcelona in front of a crowd of fitness fans has to be a dream come true. I’m not the greatest video editor out there but I hope the absolute joy and incredible atmosphere comes across.
Shout out to: coach @coachmullerfitness for the prep, and probably our fittest female friends @melissahavik @mooxtje @liesvanderploeg for sharing the weekend, the joy and the stage with us. (And Inge for filming most of the content)
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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 ❤️
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What a year! I am grateful for the experiences I’ve had and I’ve shared them with some of the loveliest people in the world. 
Throughout the year I’ve shown you the highs. Traveling / amazing crossfit competitions in Spain and France / the best food in the world - that kind of stuff. I have loved every minute of it.
I’ve been more quiet about the lows. I’ve had a bit of a health reality check this year. A heart issue (atrial fibrillation) has showed me that I can’t take my fitness for granted. Because of this I have struggled in all of my competitions and it was reflected in the results. This month I received electrical cardioversion therapy and it was instantly better. However it only lasted for two weeks and I am now sadly back to where I was. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for a more sustainable solution.
But…. I am so proud of myself for accepting the limits and still enjoying every second on the competition floor. I have enjoyed the hours and hours of training - even if they have humbled me. I have enjoyed this year so so so much and I will keep having fun in 2026. To all of you who have read this far: cheers to our highlights they are the most fun - but also cheers to the lows. They give us opportunities to learn and if nothing else the make the highs feel even higher. Onwards to mountains of highlights in 2026!
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