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
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
I recently decided to challenge myself to cycle the 109km Cape Cycle Tour on my Qhubeka Buffalo Bicycle. It all happened quite spontaneously about two weeks ago when I saw a fellow triathlete friend post on Facebook that they were selling their Cape Cycle Tour entry. As I will be in Cape Town for the week… Read More Riding the Cape Cycle Tour on my Qhubeka Buffalo Bicycle
A few weekends ago, Warrick and I together with one of my best friends and her boyfriend decided to go on a camping weekend out to Mountain Sanctuary Park. One of my new years resolutions for the year is to spend more time out in nature so this camping weekend was a perfect start to… Read More A weekend getaway to Mountain Sanctuary Park
I recently read this feel-good book called Arthur, which is a true story about a stray dog that tagged along with a Swedish adventure racing team whilst they were racing in Equador. I was very keen to read this book as I remember hearing about the story of this dog on social media a few… Read More Arthur: An adventure racing rescue dog
Now that 2017 is fast approaching I thought I would take the time to do a quick reflection on 2016. This past year has certainly been one of the most challenging and rewarding years of my life. The first adventure of the year was taking on the Comrades Marathon, which was always a dream of mine.… Read More 2016: A year of BIG adventures
After completing #Joburg2Kili and summiting Mount Kilimanjaro, Warrick and I went on a Tanzanian Safari Experience for a week visiting some of the world famous National Parks namely; Tarangire National Park, Ngorongoro Crater; Serengeti National Park and Lake Manyara National Park. Both of us are bushveld fanatics and it has always been on our bucket… Read More The Kernes on Safari in Tanzania
I cannot believe that the #Joburg2Kili Expedition has been and gone and Warrick and I have just got back home to Johannesburg. However, all in all it was an incredible and challenging journey that I will remember for the rest of my life. As with any expedition there are always highs and lows and I… Read More My Highs & Lows of the Joburg2Kili Expedition
I have always dreamt of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and being at the top of my home continent, Africa. To make my bucket list adventure a reality, as part of the Joburg2Kili Expedition not only had we planned to cycle 4650km to Moshi at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro but also to summit the mountain. Instead… Read More My Kilimanjaro Experience
I was thinking the other day about some of the things I brought along with me on this Joburg2Kili journey that have just been so useful and I really could not live without. This gave me the inspiration to put together this post on the top 10 pieces of kit I would recommend as “must-haves”… Read More Top 10 gear list for cycling through Africa
For the past ten days the Joburg2Kili team and I have been exploring the beautiful country of Malawi on our Qhubeka Bicycles – we have now cycled just over 3000km. We have spent most of our time cycling up the western shore of Lake Malawi and stopping off at some amazing campsites along the way.… Read More Reflecting on Malawi so far – A place of authentic and raw beauty