This weekend I had the privilege of swimming in a training camp in Sterkfontein in the Free State. Just outside the town of Harrismith, Sterkfontein is one of the catchment areas of the Vaal River.
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Breathe and Plastic Oceans Chile
Having already been in Argentina as physio for team SA at the recent Youth Olympics, I could not miss the opportunity to hop on a plane to meet with Mark and Camilla (Plastic Oceans Chile)
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Elephant coast swim day 7
Today was bittersweet for me. The final day of an incredible week of swimming along the East Coast of Africa in Marine Protected areas as a series of world first swims with an incredible team
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Elephant coast swim day 6
Today I woke up after a phenomenal sleep. My best night’s sleep since we have been on tour. I felt fresh and ready for another big day. We had ideal weather conditions again with no
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Elephant Coast swim day 5
I had a restless sleep and today felt a bit like day 1 of the swim series, we were all a bit helter skelter trying to find a new rhythm in a new place with
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Day 4- Elephant coast swim
Today was rest day. I woke up feeling good, just a slight tightness/ wheeze in my chest but arms felt good. We had a slow start to the morning with a breakfast smoothie on steroids
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Elephant Coast swim day 3
Day 3- Elephant coast swim Today was a first of its kind for me and the team and probably most open water swimmers. We had done the route we had set out to do from
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Elephant Coast swim day 2
Today was a phenomenal day of swimming. I woke up feeling horrid and dreading the thought of 5 hours in the water, not sure if I could manage the entire way considering how sore and
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Elephant Coast swim day 1
Today we started the first of a series of swims attempting to do a staged 100km over the Southern Coast of Mozambique and Northern KZN all aimed at highlighting the need to protect our oceans.
