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#224 My first gravel ride as an amputee

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 06/02/202206/02/2022
  • Te Anau
  • Video

I have decided to make the most of Creo and her e-assist. So I got some gravel wheels as well, so now I can ride either on or off road! Here was my very first […]

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#223 Solo open water swimming as an amputee

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 05/02/202205/02/2022
  • amputation
  • Video

[Took the GoPro with me on the lake!] 🏊‍♀️🩱 I have to say I was slightly nervous: this being my first time out in the lake my myself, post amputation. But I don’t know what […]

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#212 Long weekend away.. and sad news

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 25/10/202126/10/2021
  • amputation

I started the week this time with a limb centre appointment and finished it with a weekend away in Te Anau (Monday 25th October is a public holiday in New Zealand). However, before I even […]

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The weekend in photos.. plus other tit bits

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 06/04/202106/04/2021
  • amputation

As you know, I spent the Easter weekend in the lakes area, the goal being to get as much open water swimming in as I could. I live by the ocean, and although I have […]

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#165 Going it alone in the water & busting my bests in the walking

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 05/04/202105/04/2021
  • amputation

Taking full advantage of the surroundings while I can, today I went for an open water swim ON MY OWN.. for the first time in my life! That’s bad enough on two feet never mind […]

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