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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


Low lows and High highs
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
Eunickah Badenhorst
Nov 64 min read


Getting Up is the Hardest Part
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
Eunickah Badenhorst
Oct 302 min read


Ironman 70.3 from Scratch - What no one tells you
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
Eunickah Badenhorst
Oct 232 min read
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