Merijn Geerts and Ivo Steyaert have done it again. 🇧🇪 The Belgian duo each ran 124 laps (516.7 miles / 831.5 km) at the 2026 Big Dog’s Backyard Ultra World Team Championships to set a new backyard ultra record, their third together. bit.ly/4yHEFid

I've decided to be tranparent about the real cost of a year of open-water racing: Training suit: $25 2 pair of goggles: $40 Race jammer: $375 5 race entries (3 were cancelled): $790 Kickboard: Free (stole from kid) Pool fees: $500 300 servings of Ketone-IQ: $1497 TOTAL: $3,227

“It’s a brain circuit” is the new “I have no willpower.” Both are stories that end the same way: nothing changes. Huberman makes a point most people skip. Knowing why you crave something doesn’t make the craving go away. What changes it is training. Cold water, a brutal workout, a sauna that’s uncomfortably hot. The tool doesn’t matter. Each one floods you with adrenaline, and that gives you a safe place to practice staying in charge while your body is panicking. The basics work the same way. Morning sunlight, real connection, and above all sleep. When you’re well rested, the front of your brain has more power to stop an impulse before it turns into a decision you regret. None of this is a hack. It’s the slow work of becoming harder to hijack. Impulse control runs through the prefrontal cortex, the brain’s brake pedal. One night of sleep deprivation makes the amygdala, your alarm system, about 60% more reactive, and weakens the brake’s connection to it. A tired brain feels everything louder and controls it less.