Recently someone asked me what I eat. What do I eat? Since the end of 2010 I have kind of avoided getting into any detailed “what do you eat” discussions. I used to share a lot of information and ideas on Twitter related to food. I learned a lot of great tips – like […]
Thomas Edison said that “genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.” Following on from Edison, my source of inspiration is perspiration. Inspiration According to the Oxford English Dictionary, inspiration is: The process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something… What is my inspiration? When I grew up, my father always said: “Nothing good […]
Last year, on the 13th of August, a friend of mine lost her baby. Losing an almost full term baby is simply something that I cannot imagine. The couple had tried for years to get pregnant, were finally successful, and overjoyed. And seemingly overnight, their little Zachary, due to be born in only a month, […]
One of the amazing things about living in London is having access to truly world class entertainment – be it art exhibits, theatre, restaurants, or sport. On Sunday I was fortunate enough to be able to watch the 2011 World Championship Series Triathlon men’s race held at Hyde Park. The London 2012 Olympics venue. It […]
So, after smashing through the 4 hour barrier at Sunday’s London Triathlon, I received a lot of questions. Mostly about what it means. And more poignantly, about where I will go from here. Especially IF THINGS DO NOT GO AS PLANNED. You see, in the world of parasport (sport for athletes with a challenge – […]
Sunday was the London Triathlon. It was my second ever Olympic distance triathlon. I honestly had no idea what the race would be like. I decided to just show up, jump in, and see how it would all Come Together. Come Together it did! 3:30:24, achieving my aim of breaking the 4 hour barrier, smashing […]
Just like this ice bath: * Sunday’s London Triathlon was my first time (in the case of the olympic distance triathlon, of breaking 4 hours)… * …I was shocked when I realised it was going to happen… * …and I felt great after… An improvement of almost 35 minutes! And… By breaking the four hour […]
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 – […]