Wow, what a night that was. The wind was crazy and the snow came down sideways. Even in the morning it continued until about 8am. You would hear in the distance a sound like a train rattling and getting closer and closer until the tent started to shake violently. It was quite amazing.We had a …
Friday 11 May – Day 43 – Rest day at base camp before summit push Read More »
Linda is now back at base camp having had another exhilarating helicopter ride…she now waits for the weather window…
I woke up during the night to an amazing thunder and lightning storm. I looked out, saw my laundry still on the washing line and thought oh well, a final rinse lol.The day brought hot sunshine, this is probably the hottest day so far of the whole trip. My clothes dried quickly and I removed …
Happy birthday to my sister Delmar, thinking of you at home in the nice weather. Hope you have a great day ?? After breakfast I’m going to have a lovely hot water in a bucket wash. Then walk to Gorekshep to do the blog. The WiFi is just so crap here. It doesn’t cope with …
So last night after dinner Ang Gelou came to my tent 7.30pm and said, ‘okay tea in the morning at 4 am, breakfast 4.30, leave at 5am’. I was like ‘what?’, Jeez, I’d spent the afternoon in a lovely, warm tent reading and relaxing when I could easily have packed my bag and got everything …
Saturday 28th April – Day 30 – Return to base camp Rotation one complete Read More »
Day One 6.30am Up, wetsuit on 7am Sea Swim while the sun comes up 8am Breakfast, then Bike. 81km, 1000m ascent : Over the vineyards and today we did the El Golfo loop which is a 10 mile TT to get our times for the handicapped TT later in the week. Run – 30 min 6km …
After arriving here on 28th December with my cat and my P5, I can honestly say I’ve never worked harder. My coach Darren Jenkins from Nevagivin Training sets my program and at times I thought he’d gone a bit mental. I think if you can survive his program you can definitely bring it on race …
April 10th – Ironman South Africa – goal is to qualify for Kona Sept 4th – Ironman 70.3 World Champs, Gold Coast, Australia October 8th – Kona (If qualified) October 2nd – Ironman Barcelona (if haven’t qualified for Kona above, then hoping to qualify this race for Kona 2017) October 11th/12th – Fly to Nepal …
March – Ironman South Africa – 6th in age group (the last slot for Kona went to 5th) June – Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire – qualified for 70.3 World Championships in Austria July – Ironman Bolton – 7th in age group (this was some of the worst weather I have ever experienced and I don’t race well …
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