Triathlon
My training is a Rollercoaster!
It’s T minus 15 weeks. At the start of this week I hit a mega low. I was fatigued from the previous week’s training of tough sessions, we had 2 long rides in 3 days, and a tough 10km in…
I am going to be an IRONMAN
Ok so it’s official. Like, officially official. I’m going to do the Ironman African Championship in Nelson Mandela Bay in April 2019. I’m entered, my flights are booked, and now I have a personal coach as well. I met my…
Ironman 70.3 Race Report
It has become somewhat of the norm that my posts are super late, but I could not let another triathlon season start without getting my race report of the 2018 Ironman 70.3 Buffalo City out. The race was a life-changing…
My biggest IronFan
She deserves a special post. To the best sister ever, the most awesome #IronFan that I could’ve asked for, THANK YOU for everything you did ❤️ She was initially going to fly up with me on Friday, but then after…
Modern Athlete magazine feature – March 2018
While I haven’t written a post-race report of my Ironman 70.3 race day experience yet (and I haven’t forgotten about it), I was featured in the Modern Athlete March 2018 issue. Modern Athlete is the biggest running and multi-sport publication…
It’s time to tame the Buffalo
So race weekend is finally here! After all those years of dreaming and months of training, I am now looking out onto the beach that we will swim at, and the road we will ride and run in. It has…
Two weeks until we tame the Buffalo
So it’s the start of 2018 and it’s been 3.5 years since I did my first triathlon. It’s also 2 weeks away from my biggest sporting challenge yet. On 28 January 2018, I will line up at Orient Beach in…
I TRI’d … to SWIM, BIKE, RUN!
It’s November 2013, and a conversation goes something like this… Rog: Jacques, don’t you wanna do Impi with me in April?Hoff: How far is it?Rog: It’s a 10-12km trail run with 18 obstacles in itHoff: Ja, that would be fun, but if I do…
