Wow, that was fun and tough and beautiful and tough! I am aching in places I did not really know I had places. I think the race was only about 10km but was about 95% on hiking trails. It took me 1hour31, the slowest I have ever done 10km. It was really beautiful, although some [...]
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I am very excited for this weekend. I have made plans to meet up with a friend that I have not seen since 1999. We first met in 1993 whilst working at the same place in Cape Town. In 1994 we briefly shared a flat until I decided to go travelling and moved to London. [...]
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I decided to do a post about exercising and pregnancy. Now as a disclaimer before I write I want to reiterate that I am NOT medically qualified. Do NOT take what I write as the only way to do things and most importantly before starting (or continuing) an exercise program when pregnant CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR!!! [...]
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My sister-in-law is busy climbing Kilimanjaro as we speak. Today is her summit attempt day and I really hope she makes it. It will be her second attempt and she has put in a lot of preparation, walking and hiking a lot in the lead up. Unfortunately nothing you do can prepare you for the [...]
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Here are a couple of photos that I took with my digital camera. I can’t wait to get the others developed. For now I am going to leave you with this and a promise that I will write more detail shortly!!
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I am back and everything I have ever read about the Whale Trail is true! It is FANTASTIC. I had an awesome time and would well recommend it. I will post pictures and more info shortly. All I will say for now is it must have some of the nicest and best equipped hiking huts [...]
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So I thought I had better do a general update post – what is going on!! Well I suppose the quick answer would be nothing much. Which is probably why I have not been posting? But seeing as have a blog I suppose I had better put something on it! I have been blogging for [...]
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Ok, so I am going to try and load more photo’s. For some reason I could not get all of them posted last time.
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My sister gets back tomorrow! I can’t wait. Truthfully I think I am more excited to see her than I am for Ironman. We have so much planned – obviously Ironman being one of the things. But we are also plan on eating a lot of sushi and going hiking. Although I am not [...]
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