I recently came across a book that I just had to read called “Changing a Leopard’s Spots” by Alex van den Heever with Renias Mhlongo. As you will know from my recent blog post [Spotting Leopard’s in Kruger] my favourite animal is the Leopard so I was instantly drawn to find out what this book… Read More “Changing a Leopard’s Spots”
For many year’s my husband and I have been watching WildEarth – SafariLIVE, which is an “expert ranger hosted LIVE safari, broadcast directly from the African wilderness into your home.” As nature and bushveld lover’s we find that these virtual safari’s give us an escapism from our everyday normal lives in Johannesburg. My interest in… Read More Going on safari at home with WildEarth – SafariLIVE
We are most certainly living in some unprecedented times currently as we deal with the Covid-19 World pandemic. Here in South Africa we have been under one of the strictest ‘Lockdowns’ in the world whereby for the past eight weeks we have had to stay at home and only been allowed to go out basically to buy… Read More Tacx indoor smart trainer: a life saver during Lockdown
Over the past few years I have developed a passion for wearable technology (fitness devices/watches) which ultimately led to me starting a career in the industry. It is incredible to see how quickly wearable technology has accelerated over the past few years to a point that we are now able to learn and track so… Read More My Top 10 tips to choose the best fitness device for YOU?
I have always wanted to do a Mountain Bike stage race and I finally managed to make this dream a reality this year. My husband and I decided to enter the three-day Berg and Bush Descent race that took place on the first weekend in October this year. You cover a total of 214km over the three… Read More Berg and Bush: The Descent – My first MTB stage race
My favorite animal is without a doubt the Leopard. There is something so unbelievably beautiful about a Leopard with its majestic rosette pattern fur coat to its graceful yet stealthy and elusive nature. It is always such a treat to be able to see Leopard in the wild and one of the best places to… Read More Spotting Leopards in the Kruger
In October 2017 at age 30 I was diagnosed with a Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism (find out more about my story in my recent blog post). Although this diagnosis was a shocking revelation it did provide me with some comfort to know that in fact I was not going mad. The reason was… Read More My road to recovery from a DVT & PE (Blood clots)
It has been almost a year since I last wrote a blog post. So why the radio silence? Last year I had grand plans on completing my back-to-back Comrades Marathon and to take on the infamous 100km SkyRun Challenge. However, my body decided that it had other plans for me, which left me feeling uninspired… Read More My 2017 Story – Setbacks, Cows and Blood Clots
With 5 days to go until the 2017 Comrades Marathon I have had to make one of the hardest decisions ever to not run this year’s race for my back-to-back medal. It is so disappointing as I have put in a lot of time and effort to overcome injuries and still manage to get the mileage… Read More Comrades 2017 a no go! #disappointed
Last weekend I ran my first Old Mutual Two Oceans 56km Ultra Marathon (OMTOM) in Cape Town and despite suffering a bit in the last few kilometers it was a beautiful and enjoyable run. It has been one of those races I have always wanted to do but as it falls over the Easter weekend my… Read More My road to my first Two Oceans Ultra Marathon
As you may already be aware sadly last Sunday the 40th edition of the Cape Town Cycle Tour (a.ka. The Argus) had to be cancelled due to extreme weather conditions. I was planning to ride this years’ race on my Qhubeka Buffalo bicycle to help raise awareness for the Qhubeka charity that helps mobilise people… Read More Riding my Qhubeka in the Cape Town Cycle Tour…postponed to 2018
Despite lack of training due to an injury, I managed to qualify for the 56km Two Oceans Ultra Marathon 2017 by finishing the Cape Gate Vaal Marathon. I have always wanted to run the Two Oceans Marathon and as my company I work for Garmin is the technical sponsor for the race I was able to… Read More My first Vaal Marathon – Qualifier for the Two Oceans Ultra Marathon
