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 […]
Last week it was widely reported that Aaron Scheidies, a blind triathlete from the USA, would be suing the US Triathlon governing body (USAT) for the implementation of the blackout rules for blind athletes. Under new International Triathlon Union (ITU) rules that are being implemented alongside of paratriathlon’s acceptance as a Paralympic sport, athletes that […]
This is part 3 of my Great Chesapeake Bay Swim round up – the final part. The bit where I go through what I would change. In Part 1 you got the narrative (written to try to capture the emotions and feelings on the day). Part 2 was a full list of what worked for […]
The Great Chesapeake Bay Swim was so much harder than I had imagined. 4.4 miles across the Chesapeake Bay, in between the bridge spans. Through changing conditions, varying tides, and with the absolute determination to do everything in my power not to disqualify myself, I completed the swim on Sunday 12 June 2011. I plan […]
I looked out at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge yesterday morning. “Today I will swim to Hemingways. Today I will swim across the Chesapeake.” Not once did I ever fear the swim, think that I could not do the swim, or dream that success would elude me. Call it blind confidence. And thank god I had […]
This is the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Image from the Maryland Kids Page. The first span opened in 1952. The second in 1973. It is roughly 4 miles long. Give or take (mostly give). On Sunday, I will be swimming from one side of the Chesapeake to the other. In between the spans of the Bridge. […]
I must admit that Sunday’s triathlon just kind of snuck up on me. I have been so swim focused, and busy with work travel, that opening the race pack on Sunday morning seemed quite a surreal experience. I was racing? A triathlon? Where did that come from?! I decided to go into this triathlon just […]