Threshold Theories

02 · Threshold Theories

Philosophy

No single sport explains me. Every one of them was a threshold, and Threshold Theories is my attempt to understand what happens at the edge.

“The limit is not a wall. It is a line you learn to stand on.”

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Training / personal archive

The story

How a question became a project

  1. 01Where it began

    A white uniform at three.

    I started taekwondo at three, next to my brother. Years of repetition taught me the first rule I ever learned about limits: they move when you are patient with them.

  2. 02Every sport, a door

    Injury was never the end.

    A back injury ended my skating. Shoulder and finger injuries ended parkour. Each time, the body closed one door and the curiosity found another — water, snow, weight, the court, the bike.

  3. 03Why endurance

    The longest threshold I know.

    Endurance asks for everything the other disciplines taught me, for hours at a time. Marathon first, then ultra distance: this is the chapter where all of it gets tested.

  4. 04Why “theories”

    Ideas I test on myself.

    A theory is something you believe until the evidence says otherwise. I write mine down, train them, race them, and keep only what survives the road.

The principles

Nine disciplines, nine lessons

  1. 01 Patience over speed From the mats
  2. 02 Commit to the line From the rink
  3. 03 Adapt, don’t quit From open ground
  4. 04 Efficiency before force From the water
  5. 05 Read the terrain ahead From the mountain
  6. 06 Build the system beneath From the gym
  7. 07 Move before it happens From the court
  8. 08 Capacity is earned in volume From the bike
  9. 09 Stay at the edge a little longer From the road

The work ahead

What Threshold Theories will do

Train in the open, test every theory against real distance, and bring people along for it.

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Training / personal archive
  1. Now

    Building the endurance base

    Training volume, strength and recovery, logged as I go.

  2. Next

    The first marathon

    The first long test of the theories, in public.

  3. Then

    Ultra distance

    Past the marathon, into distances where pacing becomes philosophy.

  4. Alongside

    Running in community

    Running with Sepas Collective and anyone who wants to share the miles.

  5. Soon

    The team

    A team and a game built around the challenge. Still in design.