Weekend workouts: holding myself accountable

Weekend training summary; 3-4 Jan 2026

Overall, my plan (well, hope!) is to get at least 3 workouts in per week. This is a number that I have found is realistically sustainable. Sometimes I can manage 4 times, but I cannot count on that. The last 5 years of a trial and error approach has gotten me this far.

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2025: The year the dust finally settled

I’m finally ready to stop looking back and start looking forward. 2026 is for healing and showing up. See you there.

It wasn’t easy on my mental health, and I’ve got one more surgery hurdle to clear, but I’m finally ready to stop looking back and start looking forward.

2026 is for healing and showing up. See you there. 👊

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Southland Storm: Lessons Learned from Extreme Weather Disruption

While the rest of the world (and in fact NZ too) continue their lives in oblivion, Southland was brought to its knees on Thursday 23 October 2025 when a storm, forecast to hit Canterbury, hit Southland instead with full force.

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