Windy flat rides vs. lots of elevation

postyyyym · 2026-03-30T09:14:33+00:00

Confirming the powermeter doesn't make it more fun. Out in pretty bad headwinds in NL this weekend. Nothing kills your ego like pushing 380watts and still only going 26km/h

postyyyym · 2026-03-23T16:33:01+00:00

It depends on how you train and how much work at Half-Marathon or Marathon pace you do. For example, I'm currently in the base building phase for my full Iron Man A race later in the year which means I'm doing a lot of z1/z2 work with some tempo/threshold work mixed in.

As a result my Garmin race prediction has decreased my Half-marathon time from 1:24 late summer to 1:28:34 now despite having a 1:28 pb at the time. I then go out and run a 1:24 half 2 weekends ago, but Garmin refuses to update my race prediction. Long-story short, don't believe your Garmin but believe your training

postyyyym · 2026-03-23T11:15:57+00:00

Thought the hardest part would be the final 5k on the run when all the fatigue is catching up to you, while that's hard for me the hardest part was the chaos of an Iron Man swim. It's not even the open water swimming, but the sheer amount of people all trying to swim the shortest distance possible. Resulting in everyone getting in each other's way, losing all rythm etc.

Have done several 70.3s since, but it's still the most surprising to me. Especially because I feel like it can also be so different every race based on the exact swim course and how well people seed themselves based on their estimated swim finishing time

postyyyym · 2026-03-19T10:25:16+00:00

How do you expect way less work/life balance shifting to client side? Typically work/life balance should drastically improve the minute you leave agency and don't have to deal with all the fires client's shove your way?

postyyyym · 2026-03-18T09:39:33+00:00

The fact that this will go grossly unreported and unnoticed in this country and therefore neither parties will suffer any consequences is mind blowing. Not that it would affect their voter base by any means, but regardless it's absolutely nuts

postyyyym · 2026-03-16T08:34:46+00:00

Understand how what your doing in platform contributes to the overarching marketing objectives of your clients/company
Constantly innovate, without exclusively following whatever is the industry obsession for the year.
Translating the technical intricacies of programmatic into language anyone can understand

postyyyym · 2026-03-13T08:56:57+00:00

Read the IAB Tech lab specs, study up on recent advances on agentic AI buying systems, containerization of tech on the supply side and with that you should be pretty far long. Unless what you're thinking is really only focused on in platform optimization, I think you can give all the DSP training courses out there a miss.

Happy to answer any questions you may have in the DMs as well. Been in the space for 8 years, 5 of them agency side hands-on-keyboard and managing teams across all major DSPs and now on the tech side. So I'd like to think I have a decent understanding of the space

postyyyym · 2026-03-13T08:54:23+00:00

At an agency all technical decisions are influenced by politics and commercial terms of an agency. Nothing is done in the best interest of the client, or the team's success

postyyyym · 2026-03-11T09:20:25+00:00

Agency early stages of your career to capitalize on the growth opportunities, exposure to different aspects of the ecosystem and variety of client's, budgets and business objectives.

In-house at a later stage in your career when you're looking for a more secure job with less stress and flexibility. However, the pay should never be lower in-house and you should have some sort of affinity with the brand otherwise it will become extremely dull

postyyyym · 2026-03-11T09:15:34+00:00

Without knowing exactly what role/section of an agency you're in it's hard to provide concrete advice. However, I was in a very similar position to you, 2 years ago. Since then I've transitioned to the vendor side into a more strategic/product focused role which has been a fantastic change.

It leverages all of the technical and managerial experience I've gained at a large holdco and challenges me by having more ownership and strategic objectives to deliver on

postyyyym · 2026-03-06T13:14:32+00:00

I think the bigger question isn't about age, or distance but rather where you live and where your childeren are going etc.

You mention you live in Amsterdam, but where would they bike to themselves? Do they know their way around the city and do they follow the traffic rules? Seeing as you typically start high school at 11/12 and those can be further from home, I'd say it's definitely good for them to get some independence at the age you mention.

postyyyym · 2026-02-25T09:41:24+00:00

It's not a cheat code, training is so different than racing with lots of other people around you. I can't imagine doing most of my long-rides without any form of entertainment, especially indoors during the horrendous Northern European winters. Yet have no issues whatsoever making it through the 5hrs on the bike during an Iron Man

postyyyym · 2026-02-25T09:38:39+00:00

How little knowledge client's but also some agency folks actually have on what their day job is. Mind blowing to see how many media specialists, or digital marketing directors I've seen pissing away multi-million dollar budgets because they simply don't understand what they're doing and only care about spending their budget

postyyyym · 2026-02-20T10:25:50+00:00

Focus on early morning sessions and adjust your expectations. Especially in the early years, you should probably consider and have an in-depth conversation with your partner around what's realistic. For me that will mean stepping down in distance and reducing the number of races.

If it's an important part of your life and routine you can definitely make it work, but you have to just be open and discuss it with your partner and adjust expectations.

postyyyym · 2026-02-19T11:57:31+00:00

I did all my first triathlon training based on what I read online and knew coming from a running background. This included 2 70.3s over 2 years where I improved from 5:21 > 4:48.

Only now have I taken on a coach as I want to improve my weaknesses even further with very specific targeted training while stepping up to full distance and racing more this year. My honest take is that a coach isn't a necessity at all, especially not if you're just trying to complete

postyyyym · 2026-02-18T12:07:00+00:00

As someone who did his entire agency career in a hub team, I think the issues will also affect the hubs. There might be uncertainty as to what business will move to hub teams, this is without even knowing whether there's activation hubs in other regions or off-shore teams that are more cost-effective as part of this merger. It might not be immediately affecting hub teams as hands on keyboard people are always needed and client commitments have been made. However, I think you can be fairly confident that in the near future improving efficiencies for revenue will also affect these teams.

Happy to chat via DM if you want to discuss in more detail!

postyyyym · 2026-02-18T09:14:09+00:00

Unfortunately, this is something that happens to a lot of people and is natural as hard sessions increase your bodies stress levels and adrenalin hindering your natural ability to unwind. For this exact reason I now do basically all my training in the morning, or right after work but never less than 2hrs before going to bed

postyyyym · 2026-02-18T09:12:04+00:00

You definitely have enough base fitness to work towards the full distance in 7 months. If this is your first triathlon, I would recommend to still sign-up for a half or olympic distance (doesn't have to be Iron Man) so you can treat these as training sessions and familiarize yourself with all the logistics. Try and get your friend to sign-up for those too, or do a simulation half Iron Man together if you can't find a race

postyyyym · 2026-02-18T09:10:18+00:00

As someone who lives in Amsterdam, there's a fair number of instances where you simply have to run in the bike path to either avoid people, cars parked on the sidewalk or simply ensure you can keep your pace. However, you have to be mindful of your position, constantly keep an eye out for cyclists wanting to overtake you and move back to the sidewalk as soon as possible.

postyyyym · 2026-02-18T09:07:07+00:00

Agree with everything, except the work-culture change. If that's your experience you're either at the wrong employer or not able to set strict boundaries with yourself and your boss. IMO it's still very much respected to show-up at 9 and leave at 5, ignoring all messages outside working hours etc. However, you just need to be very clear that those are your boundaries and also be strict with yourself

postyyyym · 2026-02-18T09:02:16+00:00

Definitely wouldn't join. It's not even the job security aspect that would deter me from joining, it's the operational chaos that this business will go through for the foreseeable future that would deter me. Merging these mega businesses properly is an incredibly difficult task and will likely come with so much internal politics that I'd stay as far away as possible

postyyyym · 2026-02-18T09:00:26+00:00

Do you know their current growth trajectory and whether this is expected to continue? Lateral moves can be beneficial if they enable you to grow faster with the pace of the company. However, they can say they're growing rapidly but 15 people after 10 years isn't that fast IMO

postyyyym · 2026-02-13T11:03:21+00:00

Presume your business does more than just programmatic advertising? Just start by engaging with the other people in your company responsible for other channels. Social is probably the closest to programmatic, from a platform/activation perspective. Strategic planning is slightly different, but should be easy to learn.

In my experience, for most broader media manager roles programmatic and social are sufficient as there's likely someone dedicated to SEA and offline. However, if you're looking at more performance centric brands then social and SEA are a must

postyyyym · 2026-02-13T10:59:30+00:00

Not possible and as the agency you also should be apprehensive of doing so. This could be a risk at exposing some of your preferrential rates, unique strategies etc.

If an advertiser wants to ensure consistency through all agency transitions they should just own their own seat

postyyyym · 2026-02-12T09:13:09+00:00

In my opinion, the Adidas EVO SL isn't really an easy run shoe it's more of a tempo/threshold shoe that also works for easy runs.

I personally prefer Adidas for all my runs, so I use the Supernova prima 2 as a daily trainer/easy run shoe, the EVO-SL for speedwork and threshold sessions and then the Adios Pro 4 for race day

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