Sometimes as athletes we are so inwardly focused we can forget that life can be more than just a race or winning. And training can be draining and tough. I know I have been there.

The other day at work I had the privilege to massage a lady aged in her sixties. Now alot of you are probably thinking yeah who really cares, but getting to speak to this lady I realized this was not your ordinary 60 odd year old

At the age of 61 she swam the English Channel in a team. Of which they still are still the oldest team to have done so. At aged 62 she swam it solo and also at the time held the record as the oldest person to have done so. Which has now been broken.

Now in the next few years she got injured had shoulder surgery and probably could have hung up the togs. But since recovering from the surgery she has been training to take back her record at age 65... But wait there is more. She will do a double. Start from England across to France for a bite to eat, slap on some more grease and with 10 min of stepping on land head back to England.

Impressed yet this lady trains 3 times a day Mon, Tues and only twice a day for the rest of the week whilst still working part time. This lady is incredible and I found all this out about her because I kept asking questions the whole session. It is not often I ask someone to sign something for me. I have Kyle Vander Kuyp's signature And Ray Boyd's. Both of who I have massaged and feel they too are incredible people.

She doesn't thinks she does anything special. She just does it because she loves it.

On a side note Tuesday night was testing for umpiring. Wednesday was 16 k with Raf and Cody from the The Running Centre. Followed by a speed session this morning, 2 sessions will be completed today

Remember when we next have to do that session that 7am long run why we do. Because if a sixty year old lady can swim the English Channel then we can do a little run?

No because we do it because we enjoy it

more people have climbed everest than completed the channel swim