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We all feel stressed. Whether it is at home or on the job, stress can do a number on you physically, as well as mentally...
Top business and career coaches from Forbes Coaches Council offer firsthand insights on leadership development & careers.
Many runners come to our yoga classes at the Academy and we are very grateful to Penny for sharing her story about coming to yoga and the benefits she found and how they have enhanced her running experience and performance
- thanks Penny!
After a recent break to her regular intensive training regime. Penny has been returning to her triathlon roots before her focus returns to the French Alps, taking part in the Rarotonga Triathlon.
When North Shore local Lindsay Grobler was diagnosed with breast cancer in September 2010 she didn't realise the bond she would make with Megan Schmidt, Pinc Physiotherapist would be so supportive on many levels.
Fundraiser focuses on exercise and teamwork needed in long road to recovery from illness.
As I sit here in Rarotonga under my Headsweats listening to the waves crash on the coral outer reef I should be in a place of relaxation and happiness.
After a trip to Ironman New Zealand which turned into a surprising rollercoaster of negative and positive emotions. Penny Comins was quickly back to her 2015 running goals at the Martinborough Round the Vines Half Marathon in New Zealand.
After her success at the Tarawera Ultra Marathon, Penny Comins has been back to her swim-bike-run roots recently, supporting a friend at the 31st Ironman New Zealand.
The early season goal has been the 85km Tarawera Ultra Marathon (www.taraweraultra.co.nz) in New Zealand, as she seeks to gain the qualification requirements to take part in the legendary Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc®
We've been following her transition from Ironman to ultra runner, and it is now just two days until Penny Comins takes on her 85km test at the Tarawera Ultra Marathon in New Zealand. She's calming her nerves by enjoying all of the pre-race activities and meeting ultra running legends...
Penny Comins is making progress. The triathlete turned Ultra runner (for 2015 anyway!), has been testing out her preparation for the 85km Tarawera Ultra Marathon by racing in a 26 km event, the Tussock Traverse (www.tussocktraverse.co.nz). Despite doubts about her training times and feeling she was 'flying'-consistency works.
In her last update, Ironman turned Ultra runner Penny Comins was having real concerns about her upcoming challenge, the Tarewera Ultra Marathon in New Zealand. As she said, 85km is a long way.
From Ironman World Championships and Norseman in 2014. Penny Comins has new goals for 2015 as she seeks qualification for the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB) event.
After a hectic year which included Ironman South Africa, Norseman and Kona, Penny Comins looked set to keep up with the endurance challenges when she set herself a challenge of the Manaslu Mountain Trail Race- as part of a qualification route for the infamous Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc. Could she keep it going? No!
Following a busy year which has included Norseman and Ironman Hawaii in her last blog. Penny Comins revealed that her next challenge was a 216 kilometre ultra with over 14 kilometres of climbing involved at over 3,500 meters of altitude.
Already having one point of the elusive three needed to exert the CCC race of The North Face Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc. I need to bag another two points before the ballot opens in December.
We've followed the progress of Ironman athlete Penny Comins and her personal 'road to Kona' from receiving news of her slot via the legacy program, right through to her superb Kona race report.
With her dream of racing in Kona realised and the emotions having settled it's time for Penny Comins to look back on her race day and tell the story.
Penny Comins is loving it..Kona that it! The long journey which she has documented here is almost over and it's time to get ready to race.
We've been following her progress since she got news she had a Kona spot, and now Penny Comins is in Hawaii and almost ready to race. What will it take her her to have her best race? As a rookie, she has sought to find out by asking a host of professional athletes and experienced experts to build-up her pre-race knowledge...how to succeed in Kona?
Penny Comins is a 16-time Ironman finisher who has been pursuing the Hawaiian dream since day one
Legs feeling heavy, on the verge of a cold, empty and irritable-sounds like everything is right on track for Kona bound Penny Comins, and the time for big training is over and the trader starts to take effect!
With only three weeks to go now until Kona, Penny Comins is still "sweating in Thailand" in preparation for her first Ironman World Championship appearance. Thankfully, the surroundings of Thanyapura (www.thanyapura.com) mean she is surrounded by plenty of experience to ask questions all while dodging typhoons...
She should have no excuses on the big Island-having just completed week one of three weeks at the Thanyapura Sports Centre (www.thanyapura.com) in Thailand. She arrived, her bike arrived...unfortunately her luggage took a detour! Here is her first update from Thailand.
Given that she's just completed the Norseman and is heading off to Kona in a couple of weeks it might seem an odd question to be asking but Penny Comins has just watched the start of the North Face Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc and is wondering what drives the body to such extremes?
