Aug 1, 2013
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...
Jun 28, 2013
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...
May 20, 2013
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...
Jan 29, 2013
Nothing can prepare you for the overwhelming range of emotions you will experience at a race like Ironman 70.3. And nobody prepares you for the (un)likelyhood of not finishing. I guess because nobody expects to walk away with a DNF. But that was to be my fate on 20...
Jan 18, 2013
Take four friends, one epic road trip that lasted almost 16 hours and two cheap-ass hotel rooms, and what do you get? Ironman 70.3 Race Weekend, of course! Three sleeps to go… We arrived here on Thursday night, having decided to spread the load over two days...
Jan 16, 2013
I’m busy with the last bit of preparation before Sofie, Radesh, Megan and I leave for East London tomorrow morning at 4am. Our road trip is the culmination of six months’ worth of hard work, blood (literally), sweat, tears, laughter, fun, panic attacks,...
