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Leading up to race day I was more excited than nervous like I usually am before a race. I guess I just wanted to take it all in and not put pressure on myself or stress myself out. Having said that I was adamant that I didn't do too much walking around and made sure …
Image: Running at home by Sacha Specker - Wearing Tribe Sports Wow, it's seriously been a while since I sat down and took a moment to write what's been happening in my world of running and most recently Health and Wellness. Where do I begin...? I guess a good place to start is the last race …
Image: Sacha Specker, Tribe Sports With two weeks to go until my next Marathon, it's safe to say I'm a mixed bag of emotions and feelings that come and go. Then the questions start. Have I trained enough? Have I done enough strength? Have I done enough speed? What if this? What if that? Deep …
Image: Sacha Specker I have meant to share this for awhile now, but for some reason, I have been distracted with who knows what. I guess one calls it life right? August last year I got made redundant and I came to a crossroads where I had a choice to either quickly look for another …
Image: Sacha Specker Taking a breather. The one question anyone will ask themselves once achieving their goals: "What now? What do I do now that I have completed my goal?" My primary focus for the 'first half' of the year was to do the Two Oceans Ultra and AfricanX (trail stage race). Usually, I would search the …
Image: Coach, myself and Rianda heading up Chapman's Peak, still smiling. Thanks for the shot Shaun Benjamin, Ark Images. It's almost been a week since I ran the Two Oceans Ultra, the feelings and memories are fresh in my mind. I can still see the masses of people on the side of the roads cheering, …
Image:Sacha Specker When you go from running every day to running only a few times a week, you battle with questions, nerves arise mixed with an abundance of excitement. You start to think about the race. How on earth am I going to get through it? Have I done enough training? Should I have eaten …
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Image: Jetline Action Photo - Towards the end, hard part over! The perfect training run for Two Oceans. Right on our doorstep. Perfect conditions, a warm welcome in comparison to last year's Peninsula Marathon where all the runners were battling the full force of a 50km South-East wind howling the whole way from start to …
At home in Tribe Sports - Image - Sacha Specker Well, it's been a while since I last posted. I have no excuses except that of being slack and genuinely not having much to write about. Even though, when it comes to my running there is more than enough going on. The last time I blogged …
Image: Sacha Specker - Running at home. Wow! It's been a while since my last post. I felt now was the time to finally do something as it's a new year, new running goals, new plans for 2018. The last time I blogged, I had just completed the Honolulu Marathon, which was a race I …
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