LIVE DEEPLY, TREAD LIGHTLY
It looked like a perfect day. The water was clear, clean and reflective. The sky was overcast, keeping in a little warmth and there was no wind. Not what we had anticipated and not what I signed up for. I had planned to do a training swim in Cape Town under certain...
The last few weeks have been a fluctuation of emotional and physical challenges. I came off a high from a good solid block of training straight into hitting a physical wall. After 2 weeks of rest and medication, I still wasn’t getting better. I have since been through...
This last weekend I participated in my second Lake Eland 3km swim. The venue is by far the best fresh water swimming venue I have raced in to date. It is surrounded by a gorge and stunning landscape littered with trees and wildlife. We spotted a few impala, wildebeest...
If something 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 On Friday it was 40 weeks till I attempt my channel crossing. That is...
This past weekend I had an incredible opportunity to do some night swimming. The camp was organised by Derrick & Debbie Frazer- an incredible couple who have great experience navigating swimmers in and around the Cape Town waters doing water safety and seconding...
Last week was a pretty big week on many fronts. Besides work being busier than average, lots of stuff was happening in my personal life (good stuff) and then I was given an official date for my Hawaii channel crossing next year. On the same day that the date was...
I did a strength finders test a few years ago to help me gain some perspective and direction in my life. One of my strengths is ‘achiever’ this means that I like to have goals. They can be as small as ticking off boxes on a to-do list for the day or bigger more life...
The Olympics have come and gone and life continues as it always done. There are a few stand out athletes from the games in various sports and from various countries, but most of the athletes that competed have come and gone and left unnoticed. These athletes have not...
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...
‘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...