My mom is 67 and still runs quite a bit, competing in races up to half marathon distance. Up until Saturday I had never beaten her. I have run a 10km faster than she normally does – once – but when running the same race I had never finished ahead of her. So, for the race [...]
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Did Not Start So it was not to be… After waking up with a cold on Friday morning it just got progressively worse over the day and in to Saturday. I carried on taking the Viral Guard and other things, got lots of sleep and tried to remain optimistic. We drove through to East London, [...]
Filed under: Ironman, Ironman 70.3, Ordinarylife, Running, Swimming, Training, Training, Triathlon | Tagged: Cycling, Ironman, Ironman South Africa, Life, Ordinarylife, Running, Swimming, Training, Triathlon | 9 Comments »
In 10 days my brother, sister and I will be doing “The Half” in East London (Ironman 70.3). Yip, that is right, all three siblings have signed up. It is just a pity that we don’t all start together. It starts in waves so my brother will go separately. I must admit that entering “The [...]
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It is amazing what a difference a few minutes makes This morning I woke up before my alarm. I then made the fatal mistake at looking at the time – 3:58 am. Somehow that just seemed too early to be awake. There was a 3 at the front of the time. Oh my word. 3 [...]
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Last night I was having a stunning evening. I had arranged that Mr OL came straight home from work to see to Little OL and I went down to the beachfront to go for a run. It was a nice evening – if I bit windy but it’s PE so I did not expect much [...]
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WARNING – this is a looooong post! I had an awesome weekend! It started at about 12 on Friday afternoon when I met up with Shayne and Lynette, two amazing fellow bloggers for lunch. I had met Lynette once before but it was the first time I was meeting Shayne. All I can say is [...]
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I am in trouble…. big BIG BEEEEEEGGG trouble! I entered the Knysna ½ marathon – a whole 21.1km but have not put on my running shoes in ages. And when I did it was because I needed to go outside and I did not want to get my slippers wet on the grass. The race [...]
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So I have not run since last week Tuesday – thought I would give my legs a rest. But now I am really missing it again. In the meantime I have become best friends with my foam roller. Also one of my friends who is a physiotherapist has given me a couple of exercises. So [...]
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I am having one of those days when I am just feeling BLAH! There is no other word for it. Not happy, not sad, just BLAH! I think it is because my ITB’s are sore – and yes both knees. I guess I have been doing too much too soon. Typical, I don’t do anything [...]
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I love running, it gives me a good feeling, the endorphins flow and I basically feel better about myself. Maybe a little too good? On Saturday I went for a long run – the longest I have been since June 2009 and it was GREAT! There I was running along looking at my shadow, talking [...]
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