LIVE DEEPLY, TREAD LIGHTLY
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) to discuss the options and logistics of my next planned swim around Easter...
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...
Being on tour, days and weeks mingle together in one big clump, so you don’t really keep track of time. It’s a bit like watching grass grow. Have you ever noticed the blades get longer as each day passes? It is only after some time that you realise you need to cut...
I guess it is rather fitting that with 52 weeks to go (give or take a few) I have just spent the last 52 hours travelling. That is 1 hour of travelling per week of my countdown! Or one and a quarter times the swim distance I am planning to swim. Or 4 -5 x the time I...
I have decided to start a 52 week training diary in preparation for my 40km channel crossing next year. 1 year seems a long way away, but when you break it down to just 52 weeks, it seems very close and with me in a position of minimal training, it is easy to want to...