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

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • 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 Ryding
  • 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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#163 From Cromwell to Te Anau: open water swimming fun!

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • Posted on 03/04/202103/04/2021
  • amputation

It’s the start of Easter weekend so I’m off up towards some lakes.. probably my last open water swim before winter sets in.. and the only other long weekend public holiday outside of Christmas/ New […]

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#162 Oops I think I broke it! Plus Zwift April Fool show and tell

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • Posted on 01/04/2021
  • amputation

My bolt on body parts really need to brace themselves because I ain’t messing about! An unexpected surprise when I went on Zwift today and my Cupcake Cartel package finally arrived!

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#161 Can this leg ride a time trial bike yet?

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • Posted on 31/03/2021
  • amputation

The one thing that has always been a driver for me through this whole journey is the determination of finding a way of being able to ride my time trial bike again. Now that I […]

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