Category: being human
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Guatemala – A strange new world for one of us!
A different take on an epic adventure in Guatemala!
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Cause I’m not dead yet!
How I got my injuries when I was younger: • I fell out of a tree • I fell off my bike • Twisted my ankle breakdancing Injury causes now I’m 40: • Slept wrong • Sat down too long • Sneezed to hard
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Only when you look back can you see where you have been
So it’s taken nearly 6 months to get over myself and start writing again. I have no idea why, time just slipped away. I had ideas, thoughts, musings there was a lot going on its not like life slowed down any, yet I could not seem to put pen to paper. So now, here we…
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Ironman Flordia 2017 – Race Report
First off apologies… you’re probably sick of hearing about this sodding Ironman! My facebook feed was alight with congratulatory messages snapped pics and an amazing outpouring of love and support from friends, family, fellow triathletes, squad members and well-wishers, it was simply overwhelming and wonderful all at the same time. So please know that these…
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OMG I couldn’t believe this until I read to the end!
I’m sorry about the title but I love the way most FB posts get you to read an article by implying there is something earth shatteringly good in the text or video link. Alas I’m not sure if the below fits that category but I do hope you will read on…! The last few months…
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Those goodbye letters at the end of a visit
A missive about the heart wrenching goodbyes every ex-pat living abroad has to go through, why do we put ourselves through it?
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Remember the saying “don’t judge a book by its cover”…
I watched a good friend of mine cross the Ironman finish line after 15 hours of pain and fatigue. A friend who only 12 months ago tore his patella tendon requiring surgery. He never thought he would do it. To be honest a few of us who have trained with him also had doubts as…
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The Chicago Marathon 2015 – Part 2 of the 640 Challenge – An introspective
It was dark, somewhere in the darkness an owl hooted, ok it was not an owl but the alarm clock in our hotel room going off at 5am! Actually 5am is probably a lay in compared to the 4am training runs, but sh!t the day was finally here! We had survived training injury free (Well…
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Be your own superhero
A few real life examples of people you don’t know becoming actual super heroes.
Anything Over Ice 