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Leaning into embarrassment, one wobble at a time.
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
Eunickah Badenhorst
Dec 111 min read


Am I too much of an adult?
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.
Eunickah Badenhorst
Dec 42 min read


To be consistent is to be boring, and that's where the magic happens.
Consistency feels boring, until you realise it's the quiet force that transforms your life.
Eunickah Badenhorst
Nov 272 min read


I withdrew from the race
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
Eunickah Badenhorst
Nov 213 min read
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