INTROSPECTION CONTEMPLATION REALISATION   A TIME TO BE A TIME TO SEE A TIME TO HEAL A TIME TO FEEL   WEEKS PASS BY AS I GO DEEP INTO THY SELF   I EMBRACE THIS JOURNEY ITS NOT SO LONELY   I MEDITATE, I LEARN I REPLENISH, I GROW I NOURISH, I FLOURISH...

What the hell just happened  Suddenly I’m down Realization sets in I’m static on the ground. Agony in movement  I inhale into the deep  Serenity in stillness A limb lays distorted, motionless A soloist surrenders  Warm sun is soothing, Tussock sways in the breeze,...

At kilometer 978.8 and at elevation 1291 meters, and 4 full days of racing hard, on my third Tour the Waipounamu, suddenly, out of seemingly nowhere I was sprawled across the middle of the gravel track, unable to move my right leg from the hip down. What the heck just...