Race Report: Cape Argus Pick n Pay Momentum MTB Challenge

Race Report: Cape Argus Pick n Pay Momentum MTB Challenge

I should have known. I should have known when I had to try and control Da Son’s excited nudging forward to the front of the start group, while at the same time attempting to stop Da Chick from freaking out, that this was a race that was best suited for two...
Cape Argus Pick n Pay Momentum Cycle Tour Road Closures

Cape Argus Pick n Pay Momentum Cycle Tour Road Closures

If you live in Cape Town, you may want to know about the road closures affecting the city, southern suburbs and Atlantic Seaboard this coming Saturday and Sunday. It’s Cycle Tour time and I will be riding! wOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOt!
No Training? No Problem! A Prime Jailbreak Triathlon Race Report

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...
Changing directions

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....
If your bad run had a voice

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,...
PLOT TWIST!! My shock of the week.

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...