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Keep on running

Recently, I had the honour of pacing a fellow runner on her 5 km time trial. Pacing someone is a stressful task to undertake. I was mainly worried about disappointing her by not having her reach her target. Beforehand, I worked out a pacing strategy for us, taking into account the elevation gain of the […]

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Support groups

A weekend ago, one of my MCM friends joined me for a RunZone club run – which is, of course, a much larger attended session than a session of our small regular training group. We run at a similar pace, and during our run, we talked about how refreshing it was to not be at […]

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Why Good Intentions Alone Don’t Work

We’ve all been there. We want to eat healthier. We want to exercise more. But when push comes to shove and we are back in our routine, and life becomes busy again, we forget about our good intentions to eat healthily or exercise more – until the next new year, that is. Good intentions often […]

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Guilt-free holidays

Welcome to that week between Christmas and New Year when even the days of the week become a mystery. This time of year, akin to limbo, is truly special. My children’s stationary and school clothes are mostly sorted and ready for the upcoming year—well, they’ll survive with what hasn’t been sorted yet. Christmas has come […]

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Owning your value

I have been participating in a reflection workshop since the beginning of December. I also took part in this workshop last December. It is a wonderful way to conclude a year. One of our recent prompts for introspection was: ‘Where did you own your value this year?’ To unpack this prompt, I used the following […]

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The race is the reward

When I stood at the start of the 2022 Cape Town Marathon, it felt to me as if everything that I had done since 7 February 2017 – rejoining Weigh-less, starting to run, losing 80kg, going for therapy, writing a book, joining a running club, working with a coach – had all accumulated to one […]

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