Blog Archive
I’ve resurrected my blog after a long break. Feel free to browse among my older content.
Instant gratification: the greatest myth of them all
We live in an age of instant gratification. Quick fixes. Where popping a pill can adjust our mood as needed. Where we can lose 5kg a week by simply taking a few drops of some herbal-all-natural-approved-by-scientists-may-give-you-kidney-failure-but-you-don't-care...
Friday Motivation
Bragging about your poopy pants
I saw this hilarious YouTube video entitled "How To Become A Triathlete" in which the narrator provides helpful tips and handy hints on the lesser known aspects of triathlon training. Watch it - it's a hoot! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNfBoex09QM] Among...
Cool video: Swimming in rough water
Very informative and cool video on swimming in rough water, by Leslie Thomas from swim-art.com. Check it out! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRgdEnUYgKI]
Still slow, but less so…
Funny how things change. If you had told me 18 months ago that I'd be sitting here today holding my second half marathon finisher's medal, I would have laughed and laughed and... you get the picture. But there I was on Sunday, running my little heart out and feeling...
Ode To Da Husband
Last year, on one arb morning, I woke up to breakfast and Da Husband giving me an awesome new handbag and my favourite biscuits. Appreciative, but not used to gifting of this kind on a random day towards the end of the year, I asked him what the occasion was (OR......
My outsides feel like candyfloss
I can’t blame it on peer pressure. It was me. All me. There was gentle encouragement though. “Maybe it will help.” “Maybe it will make you feel better.” “Just imagine having no worries. No fear. No panic.” “It’s not cheating.” “No,” I thought. “It’s just so...
Weekend motivation
So, most of my training crew will be showing off their awesomeness at this weekend's Freshpak Fitness Festival in Clanwilliam while I'll stay home to work on my mad swimming skills. Here's some motivation... GOOD LUCK Coach Steve, Inge, Stacey, Megan, Sofie and...
I Quit
OK not really, but I came pretty damn close to quitting between Saturday past and last night. I've now made peace with the fact that I look like an orca in my Xterra wetsuit [note to self... call Jason / Terry to find out if they can modify the neck so I can...
Inspiration
After a terrible swim on Saturday that left me wheezing like a 75-year-old man with emphysema (before even swimming 100m), I spent the rest of the weekend feeling beaten, deflated and wondering whether this 70.3 dream is just one of my crazy schemes. It also involved...
When Reality Bites…
I have been working on, and was going to load my post on the rest / time trial week that was, including some awesome PBs clocked by my training partners and I, until I got home after my run/swim session tonight and I saw what was waiting for me... It's Da Chick's 6th...
Rest Week & Time Trials
The week's been fairly relaxed, training-wise, as we're enjoying a week of rest ahead of Block 3 of our training programme which, according to Steve, will be cranking things up a notch or five. In the coming weeks we'll start to do early Friday morning swims in the...
At the end of a rather shitty day…
... the last thing I want to do is Today has topped the list of all-time crappy days, nicely rounding off a fairly shitty week. In fact, right now I want to punch somebody. And, to be honest, instead of going out to run and swim tonight, I'd much rather curl up on...
Mental Shift
I had an interesting afternoon. While working from home after an appointment with Da Chick, I started thinking about my diet, health and the changes I had made in a desperate attempt to get my iron back up. Then I looked at my skin and the itchy eczema-like rash that...
My Training vs 50 Shades of Grey
I've recently indulged in a spot of "mommy porn" with the much-hyped 50 Shades of Grey. Despite faithfully reading a few pages every night until I had finished all three books, I can positively say that I couldn't stand Ana. And, frankly, Christian appeared to be a...
My Crazy Mad Life
It's been one crazy week. I'm still at the office and have developed a bit of a nervous twitch, while obsessive-compulsively chewing sugar-free Airwaves gum (because chocolate / tequila is the only alternative and we all know where that will lead). Sunday: Bike Time...
#EmbarkTri Time Trial Week In Review
Just call me... UNDERDOG OMG how sad is that: 2nd last in the run. Stone last in the 1km swim (although I maintain that Sofie and I did two extra laps because we got our counting muddled up... not that it would change my result much). I can only hope that my...
Time Trial Week: My swimming nightmare
I'm prone to performance anxiety and often get nightmares before a big event. In this case it's time trial week: 5km running time trial today 1km swimming time trial on Thursday 40km bike time trial on Saturday I'm nervous about the running and swimming, but last...
