Stress Sport Some people just love the adrenalin hook. The drug of choice. When you just make it to catch a plane as the last call is being announced. To arrive at appointments, seconds to spare, or slightly late. To fill the day with wall to wall BUSY. Under...
Hard Training Many years ago I remember a house guest going out for a morning run and I wondered why on earth someone would do that. It seemed such a ridiculous activity. For the last 24 years, almost without fail, I have either run or swam (squad swimming in an...
Flow As a multi times per week swimmer of over two decades the feeling of moving smoothly through the water is an anchor point for the experience of flow. It is also a feeling that I adore. Even in the pool there are some days flow is present, and others that feel...
Is Lance Armstrong the first person to be a pathological liar over decades? No… Is he the first person to seemingly get away with cheating, deception and betrayal for years while the people he cheats, deceives and betrays pay the price? No.. Is he the first...
The fall of James Magnussen, Australian Olympic Swim team, London 2012 All of us have at some time fallen hard to Earth. Our hubris, arrogance, superiority and judgement have hit us so hard that we have been left gasping for air, mortified, humiliated, shamed and...
How to explain to non runners the feeling of running when you hit the high note? A natural high, the body, nature, beauty, freedom, and low level flying. This passed weekend I participated, for the second year in a row, in The Lamington Classic. This event, now 42...
