THE WEEK OF ELLEN HOOG

If I wanted to make a photo diary for Amayzine. Saturday and Sunday are by far the best days of my week. During the week I train almost every day twice. Saturday is my day off and Sunday is competition day. After a tough training week, I love to seek distraction in the city on my free Saturday. Nice lunch with friends, shopping in the Jordaan, looking for new coffee spots in East... So my camera was ready on Friday evening until I realized that last Saturday Every morning he goes out onto the streets of New York and then he looks. Looks and photographs, and creates was a boring day: writing pieces for Amayzine, a visit to the physio, and eating alone because all my friends were away or had appointments.

Sunday then. Match day.

And a special match day too, because we are playing with Amsterdam against Laren, where my good friends Naomi van As and Kim Lammers play. We are both partially in first place, so it promises to be an exciting match! I immediately feel the tension when I wake up. With butterflies in my stomach, I first have a good breakfast and look for some distraction on my laptop.

Focus during my match!

It's still strange, half the week I stand on the field with Naomi during the Dutch national team training and on Sunday I want nothing more than to win against her. The match ended 1-1, so we can all laugh.

When I am back in Amsterdam, I walk to the Vitaminstore to get a nice shake to get. Tomorrow there are again two tough training sessions on the schedule, so good recovery is important.

‘In the evening I go to dinner at the Okura with Fulco and my friend Kelvin. I was actually quite tired, but man, this food really lifts you up. Just too delicious!

My favorite was the salmon sashimi, so fresh!

The book “In perfect condition” by Ellen can be here buy tickets.