On Sunday I was in Antwerp to support DH as he did the Antwerp Ironman 70.3… It was his first half iron, his first half marathon, his first time in Antwerp. And my first time being a “sherpa” for a racer at a big event. I lived tweeted the event. Below is a rebroadcast of […]
A few weeks ago my friend Jeannie asked me if I would like to participate in the My 7 Links blog project. The project – launched by Tripbase – is designed to unite people who blog from all sectors through an effort to share lessons learned and to create a bank of perhaps forgotten blog […]
On Saturday I went out and ran 5.75km. Now, that may not seem long to many people. But in all honesty this was my longest run since I did the Egmond 10.5km run in January. Yes, I have done two sprint triathlon runs, of 5k each, since then. I’ve done runs off the bike – […]
Yesterday I did another “day off” of social media. It was perfect timing for me – my “Wordless Wednesday”, so to speak, coincided perfectly with an extremely busy day at work, and visiting family from Australia in the evening. Putting connectivity down for the day focused my mind, I felt completely in sync with what […]
Yesterday I did a personal experiment – I decided to stay off Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, Words With Friends, Dailymile… All of those things which take me away from my surroundings and into the world of online connectivity and social media. Also known as time suck central. Why did I choose to “turn off”? It has […]
Deciding not to do an event is not easy. In fact, as I made my decision on Thursday to pull the plug on my participation at the Dorney Lake Women’s Only Tri on Saturday, I felt like I was killing a dream. And then when I decided on Saturday evening not to do the London […]
Wow. What a difference two years has made! Today I’m sharing with you my first ever photo of me running – with both feet off the ground! Can you read my smile?! Two years ago I started the process of learning to run, again. It had been about 20 years since I had tried […]