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#227 The Whakatipu Legend 5KM swim event RACE REPORT

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 26/03/2022
  • Local events

This is from the Whakatipu Legend website: their description of the race.. Legend has it that Hakitekura, the daughter of Tuwiriroa, a Katimore chief, was the first to swim across Lake Whakatipu. Now you can […]

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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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#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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#164 Easter Sunday fitness fun: in and out of the water

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

Despite the day starting in a rather crappy fashion I managed to turn it into something awesome. I also learned a valuable lesson about forming judgements about people before they talk to me. It’s interesting […]

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