Dark

Training in the dark requires full confidence.

Wuwei

Inaction.

See also: "One must be able to let things happen."

Tools of the trade (3)

Above: Start and finish, Duin en Kruidberg today.

Like a magician, a runner needs to add new tricks and tools to his training. Or it'll gets boring. They serve as the floating devices for the foundation (breathing) of training. New elements injuce the activity with variation. Keeping it alive and floating and happy and healthy...

Parkour in the mist

The symmetrical garden of the Assumburg Castle in Heemskerk. Training can be characterised by its symmetrical composition. To 'go the distance', say 10 K, requires to get back the same distance. This is where the benefit of training lies. Especially in the winter. You can't just stop. You will freeze. You have to keep moving to return. This is how endurance is built. There is no quitting option.

Fun

Landscape is an instrument to be played rhythmically.