The Art of Resilience: Strategies for an Unbreakable Mind and Body

resilience is not some superhuman gift that is possessed by the brave and bold. It’s innate within all of us, but is realised through stress and stimuli.

So, there I was, locked in a race with my own sick at sea.

‘primed with happy faces’.

the worst thing about jellyfish is their behaviour is devoid of logic since they don’t have a brain or central nervous system.

this is a called a dead hang and is a great example of supplementary strength training.

fuelled by Welsh potato cakes, I was proving conventional wisdom wrong. Inspired by my Minke Mum and wrapped in whale-like work capacity, my body would not break and my mind would not quit, and all because I knew Fast Can Be Fragile and Slow Can Be Strong.

Just what level, speed and intensity is ‘sustainable’ depends on the person and event. But it’s generally accepted that sustainable efforts in ultra-endurance events (over six hours’ duration) range between 50 to 75 per cent of your maximum heart rate.

prepare, compete, relax, recover and repeat.51 This was periodisation in its most basic form

You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end – which you can never afford to lose – with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.’