LIVE DEEPLY, TREAD LIGHTLY
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...