Olympic Athlete. Speaker. Coach. Woman of Faith.
I thought I’d cry when I retired.But I didn’t. Not at first. Instead, I went to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, not as a competitor, but as part of the Team GB support staff — mingling, laughing, screaming my voice raw cheering on friends and fellow athletes. I danced. I felt the joy. I felt… Continue reading Letting Go Was the Hardest Win Yet
My rehab journeys always teach me something. On Monday, after a rather too-intensive 45-minute gym session, I realised I had failed to strike the right balance between pushing myself and pacing myself. Here was my Monday gym program: Cardio Cross trainer (10 mins) Rower (2km 100m "sprint"; 100m steady intervals, approx. 12mins) Steps (500 steps… Continue reading Road to Recovery: Striking the Right Balance
My dream died. My passionate pursuit has been felled. But weeks down the line, I'm finally SLOWLY starting to heal. Are you grieving too? Maybe this will help...
Inspired by my own perpetually-broken body, whilst trying to shake the phrase “injury-prone” from my own and others’ vocabulary when referring to me, I began to focus on the ‘positive’ side of my regular niggles and injuries. Positively, I know that when I do suffer an injury blow, I tend to recover “quicker than expected”,… Continue reading Acceptance: The First Step in Achieving Your Healing Miracle
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