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I fell over my handlebars when I first started riding my bike. I hit the ground headfirst but managed to soften the impact by throwing my hands out in front of me. I was still very new to cycling. I was even riding in my Vans because I didn’t have “clipless” shoes yet. I hit the ground so hard that a mother and her daughter came out of their house to check on me, and a man walked down the road to see if I was badly injured. He even walked with me and my bike to make sure ever

A reminder that maybe the happiest version of ourselves is the one who isn’t afraid to play, to fail, to laugh, and to live with childlike courage.

Consistency feels boring, until you realise it's the quiet force that transforms your life.

I pulled out of the Mossel Bay Ironman 70.3 the day before the race. It feels surreal to think that I signed up for this race at the beginning of the year, got myself a coach, and spent so much money on the equipment I needed, only to decide, one day before, that I wouldn’t be doing it. I trained the entire year and definitely saw progress, but it wasn’t enough to make me feel confident that I could complete the race and do so in a way that felt good. By race weekend, I had r

The idea of highs and lows seems so trivial to me, but then I remember that in life there is usually a season for everything. Just like life, in triathlon there is a season for everything, you have your highs, lows and the normal mundane moments. If you’re starting from nothing, the first high would probably be finishing a 200m swim for the first time, getting your first bicycle or perhaps even eating a gel that does not result in you having to run to the toilet immediately a

Training for an Ironman 70.3 requires me to have a certain skillsets. Some of them being the ability to swim, to cycle and to run (Simple enough). However, throughout the training I've struggled through some of them, the cycling skillset is by far the hardest one for me to acquire. Recently, one of my workouts required me to do a 3-hour cycle. I prepped myself and all of my nutrition, planned a route and then got my dad to be the driver behind me (This was obviously for safet

I've watched quite a few "zero to Ironman"/"couch to Ironman" videos on Youtube. Most of the videos follow the same structure: Decide to do an Ironman, Train for the Ironman and then become an Ironman. It makes the journey look so simple, so easy to achieve. However, most of these videos don't show the internal, mental battles that you face on a daily basis. Gym gear: Sweat towel, water bottle and carbs for energy The battle with your self belief All of a sudden you start