Blog Archive
I’ve resurrected my blog after a long break. Feel free to browse among my older content.
Dream Crusher: Confessions of a bad mommy
I did a terrible thing yesterday. It started off like any great idea. I set the stage and watched it played out. And saw it backfiring spectacularly. Yesterday, I went from Super Mom to Dream Crusher. Deluxe. The Plan I firmly believe that raising children is one...
No Training? No Problem! A Prime Jailbreak Triathlon Race Report
"Are you ready?" she asked me on Thursday evening. "I don't want to talk about it. I just want to pack the car," I replied. Inside the house, Da Husband and Da Kids where chilling out, the house filled with the usual evening noises of a family winding down when it's...
Changing directions
As you probably know by now, I recently left the cushy comfort of full-time employment to work as a solopreneur (or, freelancer). I wanted to walk the talk of being dedicated to my husband and children. I wanted flexibility. I wanted to rediscover my creative voice....
Plot twist – Now Pink and I have something in common…
This story’s getting a little old now…
January: overhydrate & collapse at Ironman 70.3 and wake up in the medical tent.
January – March: walk around with my ankle hanging on the floor. An MRI diagnoses a non-existent peroneal tendon.
April: Peroneal tendon reconstruction & repair surgery.
May & June: Foot in the air, in a leg cast.
July – September: Intense rehab to get back on track, in order to join the rest of my training team in preparation for IM70.3 in 2014.
That was my year so far. Then I resigned from my job to start up my own freelance business and focus on my family. I had clients lined up and they were all eagerly waiting for me to work out my notice period so that I could blind them with my awesomeness from October…
If your bad run had a voice
I had a bad run this morning. Bad, because I wanted to give up. Good, because I didn't, and ran-walked the entire 45 minutes at 99% of my body weight, conquering nausea, boredom and the voice inside my head. That little voice has many names. Matthew Inman, the...
cha-cha-cha-CHANGES!
It all started with a spear through Da Husband's leg. Three Sundays ago, Da Husband went spear fishing while I was on babysitting duty. I had the whole day planned out... some indoor training, followed by a hair cut, taking a walk with the kids and dogs and catching...
PLOT TWIST!! My shock of the week.
I had planned to dedicated today's blog post about my newfound swimming skillz, and was looking for a pic from last night's swim session to post online. And then I found the pic. I gasped. Then I cried a little (but only on the inside). And then I told my boss that...
Revenge starts here…
Tonight at 6pm I'll be starting my 6-month journey to Ironman 70.3 again. You may remember how my previous attempt ended with me going for a little sleep in the ambulance and waking up in the medical tent at the finish line - followed by an ugly cry. So I'm excited...
Rehab & Starting Over
In just a little bit over a month I'll be starting my 2014 Ironman 70.3 training. It will be my second attempt to finish, after a spot of over-hydration took me out of the race and into the medical tent earlier this year. Yeah... I was a little over-zealous with the...
Looking Ahead (a.k.a. Escape From Robben Island)
I'm literally counting down the days and hours until my cast comes off... Friday, 7 June @ 10am Needless to say I can already taste the freedom and smell the Veet that will be applied to get my leg silky smooth the moment I get back home. 18 days & 20...
Surviving Peroneal Tendon Surgery: Hopalong’s Tips
People have taken to calling me Hopalong. Friends, colleagues, family - I should have seen it coming... Anyhoo, after a quick visit to Dr Narramore's office yesterday, the good news is that my foot is healing well. It all started with two concerned emails to him....
Surviving Peroneal Tendon Surgery: Day 15 – Going Mental
So here I am, back on my bed, with my foot propped up on four pillows. The cut is burning (is that a good or bad sign?) and every time I move my foot inside the cast it feels like a thousand tiny woodpeckers are chipping away at the bone (is that a good or bad...
My take on Mother’s Day
Mother's Day is around the corner, and if you have school-going kids, chances are that you - like me - would have been invited to some kind of school celebration at some point this week. Of course, this is also the perfect time for self-proclaimed intellectuals to...
Surviving Peroneal Tendon Surgery: Crutch Fitness? WTF?
I learned something new today: Last week this time I had the kind of super fitness required to participate in the Freedom Swim. Less than a week later I found myself hobbling from the parking lot to my orthopedic surgeon's office, reaching my max heart rate before I...
Surviving Peroneal Tendon Surgery: Day 4
It's day 4. Thursday. Three days after my surgery. And I thought I'd give you an update on what was actually done, an idea of what the surgery (may have) looked like and how I'm working at getting better. What Was Done? Peroneal Tendon Repair: Repairing the tears...
Surviving Surgery
FINALLY - I feel human again! After 24 hours in hospital and one afternoon at home, sleeping off all the drugs that were still my system, I woke up this morning with a clear mind and ready for action. Sadly, a very painful foot has cancelled out the "action" part of...
We have a celebrity in our midst!
PREFACE A few years ago, a few colleagues had a girly chat about annual medicals when one mentioned that she hadn't gone for a gynae check-up in ages because she didn't know anyone good in Cape Town. I was pregnant at the time and suggested that she made an...
Can I Have A Slab Of Chocolate With That?
As I walked towards our complex gate late yesterday afternoon to grab a lift with Da Husband to a joint appointment, one of the gardeners called out, “are you getting FAT?” I stopped dead in my tracks. Did I just hear right? Then he started walking towards me and...
