Qwik-View: Invictus Athlete Jules Gilligan (Team Kiwi)
The Invictus Games are a paralympic type sporting event that Prince Harry established for wounded, ill or injured service personnel and veterans. Although there are medals available the emphasis is on the rehabilitation journey that the athletes go through to…
Qwik-View: Invictus Athlete Brenda McPeak (Canada)
The Invictus Games are a paralympic type sporting event that Prince Harry established for wounded, ill or injured service personnel and veterans. Although there are medals available, the emphasis is on the rehabilitation journey that the athletes go through to…
Qwik-View: Invictus Athlete Melissa Roberts (Australia)
The Invictus Games are a paralympic type sporting event that Prince Harry established for wounded, ill or injured service personnel and veterans. Although there are medals available the emphasis is on the rehabilitation journey that the athletes go through to…
Invictus Games – Swimming Finals Night
Jules: As I Ieft the pool yesterday I took a photo that speaks so many words for me. The pool looks huge, there are hundreds of spectators and yes I swam in it. I remember the first training session…
Invictus Games: What A Day For The Swimmers
Jules: I’m struggling with verbalising today, but will try to get my words together. Today I got to swim as a swimmer competing in an international competition. I couldn’t swim freestyle at all ten months ago. I thought I…
Invictus Games: A Very Busy Couple Of Day’s – Here Is What The Team Has Been Up To
It has been a busy few days and this is a bit of a catch up. It’s closing in on 1am and I haven’t written my section yet but in summary I’ve been really stoked with how everyone has been…
Invictus Games: Day of Action at the Track and at the Tennis
Jules: After last night I thought I would be tired, but I was surprised by how much. We did some Haka practice, had breakfast and headed out to catch a bus to support the Athletics. There were a few…
Invictus Games: The Opening Ceremony
Jules: The first event in the competition started today – the Jaguar and Landrover driving challenge. The buses even got a Police escort. Pretty cool.
Invictus Games: One Day To Go, TV Interviews and Media All Around
Jules: It is late here, but I very much want to write about today’s high points. They were huge.
Invictus Games: Settling Into A New City
Jules: We all met yesterday morning for a team photo. It will most likely be my favourite with us all as we are decked out in our Invictus tracksuits in front of the Toronto sign. I woke up feeling far…
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As the saying goes there are two sorts of cyclists......🚵♂️ #qwikkiwi #coachray #chchadventurepark #christchurchadventurepark - 2 weeks ago
Stunning clouds looking towards the Eastern hills when I was nearing the 2.5km point of the Greytown Woodside Park Run course today. I did my last run on this course in late February. It was really wonderful to be there today. I ran 4 minutes, walked 1 minute. My legs were still sore from the PT gym session last Friday. My right ankle & calf got tight. I have my first massage since February tomorrow and I also need to get back to regular stretching & mobility exercises. #run #runner #running #athlete former #triathlete #duathlete #keepinghealthy #keepingfit #fitover60 #oldandfit #maturerunner - 6 days ago
Man I've been in a slump. It's that gray time of the year & with still little structure to my day (little work to do from my "home office and no days this week in my work office), I have felt no spark of inspiration to do much whatsoever. 🏃♀️ Last night one of my daughter's invited me to "run" with her (at the same time) at 7.15pm tonight. I kinda knew that that was unlikely to happen. However it planted a seed & seeing that my other daughter had been out for a run early this morning inspired me
Ironman Swim PB
I’ve taken my most popular training plan and given it a make over for 2020. I’ve taken the 12 Weeks to an Ironman Swim PB – Swim Faster with Smarter Training and I’ve modified to to expand the programme from 12 weeks and include an option for more than 3 swims per week.
Now the programme has created some great times for athletes competing at Ironman events around the world, but it was overly set in stone. Now if you have got between 8 & 24 weeks to an Ironman and are consistently swimming 3x, 4x or 5x per week, I’ve created an option for you. This is regardless of the length of pool 25m, 33⅓yd or 50m pool.