Evolutionary - The gradual, step-by-step process of development, growth, or change over time.
Halfway home is still only half way.
This is where the work compounds.
4 weeks until the day comes
A lifetime until the jobs done
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📸- @adrianvarzaru
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Thanks to
@runlimited.ldn@nikerunning@maurten_official
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#londonmarathon2026 #runner #marathontraining #nikerunning #worksnotdone
It’s taken 23 years to warm up.
Not here just to celebrate a birthday — I’m here to mark progress.
This past month brought tired legs, early mornings, and quiet wins.
Every session’s a brick. Every mile, a message. Every rep. Every loop. Every decision to keep going — even when no one’s watching.
Forever grateful for the fire.
But I’m not here for noise — I’m here for impact.
P.s - MY AEROBIC BASE IS UP !!! -
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📸 - @adrianvarzaru - @simonrphoto - @illcapture_you
#chasingprogress #keepshowingup #builtnotborn
#disciplineequalsfreedom #everymilematters #nofinishline
#23andjuststarting #purposeinmotion #silentworkloudresults
#runnersofinstagram #runculture #distancerunner
#mindsetmatters #trailtotrack
If you aren’t using strength work to bulletproof your body, you’re leaving performance on the table.
Meet Mafio. When he first came to me, he was battling lower back pain and posterior tibial pain (common issues that hold so many runners back).
We introduced targeted strength work to perfectly complement his running routine, ensuring his body could actually support and handle his weekly volume. We focused on building single-leg tolerance, waking up his glutes, and strengthening his posterior chain. The result? A higher cadence, a more effortless stride, and zero pain.
As Mafio says, the gym is your insurance policy.
Runners, this is your sign to stop ignoring the niggles. Take care of your body, build your foundation, and prime yourself for peak performance🙏
#runningcoach #runstrong #strengthtraining #strengthcoach #strengthforrunners
Monotony — something tedious, repetitive, unvarying, or lacking in variety.
Most people spend their lives chasing routine.Wake up. Work. Eat. Sleep. Repeat.
And for a while, routine feels safe. It gives structure, stability, control. But somewhere along the line, comfort starts disguising itself as living.
We stop exploring because we already know what tomorrow looks like.
Stop risking because routine has convinced us certainty is success.
Stop growing because repetition feels productive.
But there’s a difference between having discipline and being trapped by familiarity.
One evolves you.
The other slowly breaks your wonder.
The hardest part is they often look identical from the outside.
AP4 - Breaking the cycle
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📸- @kaine_horey@nifty50films@camerontrnbull@large_format_studios@joe_ransom_film
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@arcproject@woodwaytreadmills@nikerunning@nikelondon
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#ultramarathon #escapetheordinary #aboveandbeyond #runner #treadmillrun
AP4. ONE MONTH TO GO.
AFTER HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF APPLICATIONS—
—1ST BATCH OF TEAMS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN.
FINAL APPLICATIONS CLOSE THIS SUNDAY.
LINK IN BIO.
Run Together, because the roads we share shape the lives we live. Introducing the Runlimited Race team for the 2026 London Marathon. Leaders in the community, and on the course.
Mafio Ison
Damian Mitchell
Anthony Roache
Erin Stutz
Andre Tomlin
Georgia Wilson
Good luck to everyone running tomorrow. We’ll be at mile 22 cheering each and every one of you on, all welcome to come join us and make some noise. For the love of running.
Powered by
@banditrunning@nikerunning@maurten_official
🎥 @adrianvarzaru
1000+ kms of training but make it landscape
If there’s one thing I’m taking from this block, it’s control of ego.
Not the obvious kind — not arrogance or confidence,
but the quiet voice that says
“what’s one more rep?”
or
“it only hurts for 3 more km.”
Every decision either reinforces the past
or reshapes what comes next.
This block wasn’t about suppressing emotion
it was about feeling it, without being ruled by it.
This has been about living with the emotion,
without becoming it.
Cinema.
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📸- @adrianvarzaru
- @simonrphoto
THE TREADMILL FACTORY
A day is not an object not tangible but still mouldable. A construct that is a part of what legitimises so much of human pursuit and endeavour.
This skews it all
Theres no later
No pause
No finish line
We are all given the same 24hrs—
What will you do with yours
AP4
@arcproject@nikerunning
APPLY NOW
LINK IN AP BIO
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📸- @nifty50films@large_format_films@camerontrnbull@joe_ransom_film@kaine_horey
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#ap4 #arcproject #ultradistanceathlete #24hrs #running
Paradox — a statement, situation, or proposition that seems contradictory, illogical, or absurd, yet upon reflection, it reveals a deeper truth, complexity, or valid meaning
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
This block has lived somewhere in between.
It’s a strange feeling — carrying something that is entirely yours, yet shared with so many.
The work is solitary — the doubt, the quiet, the decisions…
that all sits with us alone.
Somehow, we end up doing it by ourselves without ever really being by ourselves.
Less than a month to go.
Where we show up for ourselves — together.
Who’s ready for the victory lap?
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📸- @adrianvarzaru
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@runlimited.ldn@nikerunning@maurten_official@londonmarathon
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#londonmaraton #marathon #running #santandave #trainingmotivation
Pruning - the process of trimming away what is unnecessary or unstable to encourage healthier growth.
When growth is happening, we’re told about the work.
The grind. The hustle.
But growth isn’t just expansion — it’s refinement.
It’s cutting away instability, doubt, distraction, and conditional support.
We often wait for a drastic situation to force those changes.
The truth is, the moment your surroundings become littered with noise is the moment to stand by those rooted in your actions and integrity.
This is about removing what wavers so what’s real can remain — cutting out noise so character can speak.
2026 continues to deliver
Thanks to the most high
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📸 - @soniamartinezmulner
- @simonrphoto
- @rorybrattmedia
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#runner #healthybodyhealthymind #newgrowth #marathontraining #2026
Give a man a fish and he eats for a day —
Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime
January let’s just say we been fishing.
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📸- @jerry_sun
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#runner #marathon #january #sameplan
Now we head to the mountains.
Powered by better decisions, better fuel, and a penguin.
This block has already shown me a lot — choices are rarely perfect, but building good habits has made everything easier. Strength and conditioning done regularly, intentional fueling after sessions with @calo.uk meals, heat acclimation, and plenty of rest.
No guessing. Just things that work.
All the details in my bio and on @strava
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📸 - @simonrphoto
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#running #runner #penguin #marathontraining #londonmarathon
