For the past few years, I have been working on not comparing myself to others, mostly through fear of injuring myself while doing more than my body can handle or by trying to stay competitive with younger athletes that this body has no business being competitive with. My age group, …
After reflecting on the past few years of my transition to triathlon, i am most proud of the gains I have made in swimming. Ironically, this is my weakest discipline of the three, but I have worked at it, stuck with it and am motivated by the small successes. My…
On the Tuesday before my first half ironman event, Dave told me that he volunteered to kayak with the swimmers on race day. “You what?” “It will be great. I don’t know if I’ll be with the full or the half, but it will give me something to do. It…
Not every race will be a good race and my triathlon in mid-June proved that. I was going into it tired – and I knew that. There was no taper, no time to rest, and I really didn’t care. Or did I? What I wanted out of the morning was…
This summer, I took the plunge – literally. After months of throwing myself into the pool and getting comfortable with swimming almost 2000 metres continuously – but slowly – I decided it was finally time to do a triathlon. There is a big difference, though, between swimming in a pool…
“You should try swimming.” These are the words that have buzzing between my ears. First, it was my family doctor who, years ago, gently told me that it might be time to stop running. “Swimming is easier on the joints,” he advised. I ignored him. A few months later, my…