These are stories submitted by or about members of Team Qwik Kiwi
This week I attended the bay of plenty secondary schools triathlon. I am from the Waikato but they haven’t held this event for us for the past few years due to health and safety reasons and not enough organisers.
View More Monday’s with Jessica [Ep 8]: BoP Schools Triathlon Champs
This week was a little different to my usual as I had my school swimming sports. This is my first swimming sports where swimming wasn’t my main sport and focus.
View More Monday’s with Jessica [Ep 7]: Swimming Sports
I completed my first sprint distance triathlon this past Sunday and it definitely didn’t disappoint, I also went in not realising until the day before…
View More Monday’s with Jessica [Ep 6]: Kinloch Triathlon
This week wasn’t the usual, as my 20 year old brother got married on Friday the 3rd this was a very strange day for me…
View More Monday’s with Jessica [Ep 6]: When Training Doesn’t Go As Planned
This week let’s say the weather definitely wasn’t on my side, during the beginning of the week the sun was out and shining and then in one day there is flooding, constant rain and thunderstorms.
View More Monday’s with Jessica [Ep 5]: Rain, Rain, Go Away
Update on the kittens that I found last week. They are very happy with full belly’s, they are already getting bigger and more playful which is a good sign.
This week in my training it was my first week back into full swing with no interruptions other than the kittens pushing back my Sunday training to Monday.
Over the past few weeks my training hasn’t been it’s usual structure.
Over the New Year I had a Venture camp which is a group of 14-18 year olds who are older Scouts.
If you were to ask me this time last year if I would ever do a training workout on Christmas, or honestly even Christmas Eve I would have probably giggled and said “it’s my time to rest”.
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My name is Jessica Bray and I am a 15 year old female from the Waikato, here in New Zealand.
I have been training with Ray for a little over 3 months and man have I learnt a lot.
It has really been a mental and physical journey but I have loved every aspect.
Running the New York Marathon has been on my bucket list for years. So it was pretty exciting to be amongst the 50,000 starters at this year’s event, made even more special with my daughter Tayla lining up next to me for what would be her first ever marathon.
I had heard it was like going to a street party, running through the five New York boroughs of Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Manhattan. Biggest marathon in the world. Thousands of fans lining the streets with cheering, bands, signs. Finishing in Central Park. What could be better?