- Claire gave birth to a bonny bouncing boy. Jake is 15 months old now and figured out how to walk
- 2010 Amsterdam marathon 2nd attempt - finished in 4:18:03
- Made it into the Dutch national touch rugby team for the 2011 world cup
- Injured my ankle 2 days before departing for the world cup, so couldn't even go as a spectator
- 03-Jul-2011 - Nuenen 1/8 triathlon - 500m swim (10:20), 20km bike (44:15) 10km run (pulled out as my ankle was not 100% [at which point I was in position 46/92]
- 16-Jul-2011 - Klazienaveen Olympic distance tri - 1.5km swim (29:05), 43km bike (1:21:03) and 10km run (54:09) giving a total time of 2:47:50 [my target was 2:50]
Photos from Klazienaveen:
The swim was in a canal that was 'cleaned out' the previous day
Note the reverse panda eyes thanks to the crap in the canal water
Grinding it out for the finish line!
Hopeful Highlights to come this year:
- 07-August - 1/2 Ironman triathlon (1.9km swim, 90km bike, half marathon)
- 27-August - Full Ironman (3.8km swim, 180km bike, marathon)
- 18-Sep - Dam 2 Dam run (10 mile)
- 16-Oct - Amsterdam marathon
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I came across your blog looking up radiotherapy to the brain as my Mum is about to start this for ten sessions. I have a lot of admiration for you. Good for you!
ReplyDeleteI hope all is going well with your Mum's radiotherapy sessions. My advice is to try and stay as positive as possible. Radiotherapy can cause the recipient to feel off-colour, but don't assume that it will. The power of suggestion can make it a self-fulfilling prophecy. I took it one step further and stubbornly denied that it would make me feel sick. It seemed to work (probably through dumb luck more than anything!) up until the last few days of the 6 weeks of daily treatments.
ReplyDeleteAll the best!