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Race Details: Location: Cape Town, South African Distance: 21.1km Terrain: Road Race Website: https://www.twooceansmarathon.org.za/ Date: 16 April 2023 On Sunday 16 April I had the privilege of running the Two oceans Half Marathon. It was I race I planned to train for, but life kept me busier than expected and I arrived at the starting line not as prepared as I hoped to be. Nevertheless I started in the seeding batch R , the morning of the race I was so surprised to see the amount of people running!! It was insane! There were people everywhere! I started the race with fellow Frontrunner Asande, happy to not be on my own.…

This year at the ASICS Frontrunner conference we we’re super excited to be joined by some of our international Frontrunners! I love seeing team members from around the world get together and just spend time together. We’re all different but definitely also the same. The Main theme we were discussing at the conference this year was ‘Diversity and inclusion’ . Within our South-African team, but within our global team and community as well.I feel that even though it was a theme chosen by global it hits true and home so hard for us as a country – diversity /dʌɪˈvəːsɪti,dɪˈvəːsɪti/ noun; The practice or quality of including or involving people from a…

Goal Setting is generally Something that we come to terms with as adults. I can’t actually ever remember any time where an adult asked me what my goal was? Maybe in Business studies when I was a student – but as far as that goal goes it was basically to make money? But how important is it for kids to learn the basis of goal setting from a young age? Could it potentially help curb those uncalled for tantrums when things get hard? Could we possibly teach them how to think positively about a challenge, make them excited to overcome it, rather than feel intimidated by it. I found myself…

To say I was excited to receive these babies is an understatement, I’m not usually one to raise my hand and I’m quite happy with what ASICS sends me, but here, Mamma Raised her hand and the Captain listened, haha. Shoe name: ASICS Trabuco 10Terrain: Trail RunningShoe type: StabilityHeel drop/offset: 8mm On opening the box I was just surprised to see the Hot Pink Beauties staring back at me. The colour makes them super visible and beautiful – on my first longer run I even stepped in cow-poo and that didn’t stop them from showing off. Before I go further with this review I have to disclose a few things, which are important to…

After Lily’s birth I felt very disjointed- the pregnancy was not as easy and ‘fun’ as Paul’s was and then having a newborn at home during this crazy event that was lockdown , made motherhood feel impossible. Not being able to train the way I had imagined – not feeling myself it was just crazy and what do we always do? You cut your hair or a fringe  My whole life felt alien to me and probably with some sprinkles of postpartum depression , I ended up searching for my new place, I was a mom of two now, none of my clothes fit, I have NO personal space and when…