On Thursday I posted my goals for the Swimathon: think tall and long in the water; have fun; and get as close to 1 hour 40 minutes as I could. Why is it when you sign up for something you think an early start will be great, no big deal? And then when the alarm […]
So after one week of doing absolutely NOTHING (well, except for sleeping, eating, enjoying some wine, and sleeping some more) last week was a “re-entry” of sorts—back into a more “business as usual” life on both the work AND working out front. I headed to Tokyo for a swift business trip last week. 48 hours […]
Forgive me if this doesn’t read like a typical race report. I am not going to bore you with the details of how long my transitions are (In short: LONG). I’m not going to bore you to death with my pace per kilometre stats. Do you really want to read a blow by blow? No. […]
I spent yesterday afternoon alternating between swings of optimism, and pits of disappointment. Yesterday’s London Triathlon did not go the way that I had intended. Just at the start of the bike course I down shifted as we approached one of the many road overpasses the course has to offer. As I downshifted I was […]
Earlier this year I was told by doctors that the structure of my knee meant that I should stop running – IMMEDIATELY. I hated this binary answer. So I took the doctor’s advice and made an appointment with a sports medicine doctor – someone who would help me to develop a rehabilitation strategy. The sports […]
When we were on holidays in Hawaii, we did what every normal person does… We looked up races to do while there! I asked around and found out about the Popo’ia Swim – a 1.5 mile swim around an island just off Kailua Beach. And I knew we had to do it. The island on […]
Yesterday I did the BUPA 10k in London as a part of Team Brain Appeal – the fundraising team for the Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. I was the first ever neurology patient on the team (they have had muscular patients run with them before) and I joked […]
When I registered for the Egg Hunt triathlon, I noticed that for the first time they had a PC division – for the physically challenged. I contacted the origanisers and made sure that my name was put against this category. On Saturday March 30th, rather than my age on my calf, I had the letters […]
On Saturday March 30th I did the Egg Hunt Triathlon, in Pembroke Pines Florida. I did it, despite the huge sigh my sports doctor let out when I told him that I was going to race at the end of March. You see, I hadn’t run 5k since January 1st, when my new year’s run […]
Back in August I did the Rev3 Aquabike. I did the race for experience. I told myself before the race that the result did not matter. When I exited the water I looked at my Garmin, and I know I could have swum faster. I was a bit disappointed but reassured myself—“The RESULT does not […]