On Tuesday, 16 June it was Youth Day in South Africa and this is how I spent it. In the morning I woke up early and went for a run. The sun rise over the sea was awesome, the run was great and the company was fantastic. For somebody who has enjoyed running alone [...]
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On Tuesday night I went and ran with the running club again. It reminds me how much I miss running along the beachfront. This is the view from the club house and was taken just before we went for a run. It was a stunning evening, if a little cold (as far as PE goes). [...]
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Here are some photo’s of the marquee that blew away during the Ironman South Africa run. I am not sure who took the photo’s as I got them on email. Thankfully nobody was seriously injured, although quite a few people had to get stitches and things. It could have been a lot worse [...]
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I woke up and everything was fine! For about 10 minutes, then I seized up again. CRAP, CRAP, CRAP! But as I had woken up fine I decided that it was NOT an injury, I must just be stressed and as soon as I stood on the start it would go away. However, just incase, [...]
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The problem with being away from the internet for so long, especially when so much is going on that I want to write down everything but can’t. Also it would make for rather boring and confusing reading. So, the summary is: My sister arrived safe and sound. I completed Ironman I went hiking [...]
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So we are in our final week before Ironman South Africa. 6 More days!!!! And the panicked phone calls, sms’s and Facebook comments about the weather have started appearing. Have you seen the 7 day forecast? What’s the wind doing? Oh my word is it true – 32 degrees? It’s an East!!!! And [...]
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13 Days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woo hooo………………. I went down to the beachfront on Friday and they have started building the scaffolding and stuff that will be the walk ways over roads, that will mark off the transition areas and various other things. The flag poles along Shark Rock Pier (yes, unfortunate name) are up and [...]
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It is weird how you remember stuff from your childhood. Things that you have overheard and at the time had no bearing on your life what so ever! Or maybe that is just me? I remember arb stuff. Like a conversation that two older guys(they were probably only about 18 or 19) were [...]
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I am lacking motivation to blog at the moment. Infact I think I am lacking motivation to do anything at the moment. That is anything besides Ironman related stuff. I said I was not going to let this take over my life but at the moment it is all I can think about! 26 [...]
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So as I said in the last post, I am pretty happy with my body at the moment. It is doing what I want – now I just need to work on my MIND!! It is seriously letting the side down. I am a chicken – I don’t deny it. Lots of things scare [...]
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