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Knowledge is power
I have been suffering with elbow pain on and off for most of the year since my 24 hour swim in January. It was probably about 90% better until about 6 weeks ago where I upped my mileage in the pool quite significantly and started to feel the familiar niggle of a...
Risk vs reward
‘The path to greatness has its risks, but not one athlete would tell you it isn't worth it.’ I read this quote on an Investec ad whilst looking for Olympic updates. I chose not to go away to Mozambique this weekend so that I could stay and watch the Olympics. I was...
Peace in the storm
As I reflect upon this last week, it is mostly with gratitude. A lot happened this week as South Africa was hit with massive storms, flash floods and torrential rain on the back of a cyclone heading up to Madagascar. Houses, cars and offices were damaged in the...
Sand beneath your feet
Sometimes all you need is a little bit of sand between your feet and some fresh sea air. This week my body has not been on the same page as my training schedule. I woke up on Monday morning with my body screaming no. My lats, triceps and chest were so incredibly tight...
Embracing the Plod- what’s next…
I get asked almost daily what my next swim/ event/ race is going to be. This can be exhausting. I have set myself the goal of doing the Kaiwi channel in 2017- that is my primary goal. Any other swim is simply a training swim to get there. As well intentioned as these...
Digging deep whilst maintaining perspective
This past week was incredibly tough training wise. I can’t remember feeling this tired from training since I was training competitively. I feel like I have reached a new level in my training and am incredibly grateful for the three rest days I have just had and a...
Opportunity
2015 has passed and as we embark on a new year I’d like to reflect on 2015. From a swimming perspective I started 2015 with a Robben Island Crossing and ended the year swimming around Cape Point. Quite a fitting start and end to a somewhat tumultuous year. In between...
25 Piers
I did one of the toughest races I ever done last week. It was a race called the ’25 piers’ organised by Durban Surf Lifesaving club. There was a bunch of over 80 swimmers competing to swim around the pier 25 times. We had to stop after each swim around the pier and...
Doubt
“If it burns your soul with purpose and desire, it’s your duty to be reduced to ashes by it. Any other form of existence will be yet another dull book in the library of life.” Charles Bukowski This week has been a testing week. My body is still recovering from last...
Living life authentically
It has been 2 weeks since I last wrote and I still can’t remember the epiphany I had last week that I wanted to share. Last week was a bit of a blur for me. A friend of mine from school lost a five and a half year battle to cancer. He certainly fought hard and lived...
Grace
I clearly am still learning lesson no 1 from last week’s blog. This week has been particularly tough in terms of workload as well as emotionally. On Wednesday I was too tired to get up and do my recovery swim session, I opted to sleep and try and process some very sad...
Relaxed Happiness
This week was a building week. I started my first ‘sprint’ training session on Thursday and was humbled by it. It was a tough session. I went in with expectations of certain times I aimed to hold, and was 5-10seconds off that time, which in a 75 swim set, is far off...
Celebrating life, love and health
This weekend I had the privilege of attending a wedding of an amazing couple that I am blessed to call my friends. The wedding was down the coast in Port Edward at a stunning lodge with large expansive lawns, surrounded by tropical foliage at the edge of an estuary. I...
Admiring the View
Last week I developed a new strategy for my Monday morning pool sessions, sets of 100m holding a certain time with decreased rest periods over the weeks and increasing sets. I have done 2 Monday sessions and am loving them. I have a goal in mind over the next few...
Pilates Boot Camp
This week I had the privilege of sharing some of my Pilates knowledge with a bunch of grade 7 & 8's in Amaoti as part of the life skills program with the Domino Foundation. I was told there would be 80 - 100 14 & 15 year old girls and knew I couldn't do this...
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