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Month: January 2021

#111 Race Report: my very first event as a para-athlete!

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • Posted on 30/01/202130/01/2021
  • amputation

I can’t even begin to tell you how emotional this day was on so many levels. Putting myself back into the sporting circles I once competed in as an able bodied athlete made me so […]

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#110 Road Trip: preparing for my first event as a para-athlete!

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • Posted on 29/01/2021
  • amputation

I’m so excited, scared… such a mixture of emotions. I think it’s the para-unknown. I remember a disabled athlete friend saying to me a while back how you have to learn real fast to put […]

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#109 Mini-Rant The financials you don’t think of till you’re an amputee

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • Posted on 28/01/2021
  • amputation

So, the socket isn’t right, the financial assistance I should be able to claim is being argued.. and I have to go back to Dunedin again… although I’m not totally sure how I finance it. […]

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#108 Leg day v2: the big reveal!

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • Posted on 27/01/202127/01/2021
  • amputation

I was told this morning that the new leg was in the post… what happened next far far exceeded my wildest expectations!

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#107 Swimming, working and the quirky liquor laws in New Zealand

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • Posted on 26/01/202126/01/2021
  • amputation

As I was filming my day today it suddenly occurred to me… that the alcohol licensing here is quite unique compared to England!

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