3 weeks to race day: Taper begins

At the weekend we headed to Wanaka to so the Ruby Swim. The plan was to practice the swim exit with Peter as my handler. We had run through it in practice and it was looking likely that it would be relatively straight forward.

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Narcissistic abuse victim: My story

I never in a million years thought the day would come where I recognised that I had been the victim of abuse – but those are the facts. It took me 17 years to actually see this. What was it that actually happened to show me? My leg was amputated, that’s what.

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The Narcissistic abuse cycle: understanding how you became the victim

Narcissistic abuse is a pattern of harmful behaviours used by one person to manipulate / exploit another. It usually consists of a four stage cycle: idealisation, devaluation, discard and hoover.

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Hotel review: Disability access – Crowne Plaza Queenstown

In a world where disability access is paid lip service at best, it makes me quite angry when I encounter the battles I have had (and a personal injury as well) at the Crowne Plaza Queenstown.

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