Don't we all get a little self-conscious after the Christmas Feasting? Like when we're at the beach... or those shorts don't fit us like they used to? Forget Michelle Bridges strutting her stuff in her post-baby body with Commando Steve at her side - ho hum. Think about what is realistic & supportive of YOUR self-image […]
You've signed up for an endurance event- great! Your family want to be there for you at your checkpoints as Support Crew - awesome! Then you don't tell them how to go about it......Big Mistake. During events such as Oxfam Trailwalker or Coastrek, if you want to get your team finished by a certain time, […]
You might be in the middle of preparing for Coastrek or Oxfam Trailwalker by doing amazing things in your training sessions. Or you might have just finished your big race day. Too often people just collapse in bad that night and wake up and go about their day to day as per usual, without fully […]
Its common to hear stories of people getting through Endurance events such as Oxfam Trailwalker and Coastrek, telling their war-like stories of getting through it, battle wounds and all. It's true, you can get through it. But what if you also had something left in the tank on finishing, were blister-free and weren't hobbling around for the […]
One of the biggest threats to any endurance race is Blisters. Therefore knowing how to prevent blisters can give you the edge in the race and avoid a lot of unecessary pain. There's no way I can be considered as an elite athlete, nor an endurance race junkie. But I do have two big events […]
Endurance Training for an event such as Coastrek or Oxfam Trailwalker can unleash a beast within us. We want to achieve great things, that are almost inconceivable such as 50km or 100km distances. We want to prove to ourselves we can do something tough and hard and challenging. We want to test our limits and […]