I am not the biggest fan of winter, I much prefer summer! So in order to cheer myself up I have decided to compile a list of all the things I do like about winter. Boots! I love boots. All kinds of boots but especially my brown leather riding style boots from Woolies. I would [...]
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So you know I said I (almost) wished I was there. As I lay in bed on early Sunday morning and listened to the wind howling and rain bucketing down I was thanking my lucky stars that I was not racing that day. Oh my word the conditions were bad. The wind was gale force, [...]
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Alan over at My PE has asked an interesting question. He asked if Ironman has lost it’s public appeal. I VEHEMENTLY denied that this is the case as the crowds supporting were larger than ever but I do agree with his answer to my comment. More should be done to advertise our beautiful city. Much, much [...]
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So explain this to me, Baby OL sometimes wakes at the slightest noise in the house. We have wooden floors and if you walk down them too loud it wakes her up. If the birds start tweeting outside her bedroom at 5am she wakes. If the cats scratch in my bedroom, which they do every [...]
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I have not had such a lazy Sunday in ages and I LOVED it! I mostly stayed in bed reading. I started and finished a book and it was heavenly. I did get a burst of energy a couple of times. First I made breakfast for Mr OL and myself – then buried myself back [...]
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So I am back at work. At least it is a VERY short week. I might just manage……I had a fantastic time off though and it was a great break. Of course the best part was seeing my sister, but the rest was pretty good too. Other than Ironman, we ate lots of sushi, [...]
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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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After handing my bike to a young guy in transition I ran into the tent. I was not changing again, except my shoes, socks, sunglasses and hat, but I wanted covered in sunscreen again. I also needed to go to the loo. The volunteers in the tents are awesome but besides the sunscreen I did [...]
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I got my bike out of transition and headed for the road. My goal for the bike was to average about 26 km/hour. The course is 3 loops each of 60 km. The first section is a “gentle” climb to the highest point on the course. There is then a very nice down hill, and [...]
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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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