All lined up with butterflies in your belly you looking down what looks to be a thin pink ribbon at the finish line. Your task is to move every single muscle in your body to generate enough energy to propel yourself forward fighting all the elements around you. By doing all this you should reach a speed that will create dust(well that's what you try think in your head). We have been doing this since the first man/woman (which ever came first, chicken or the egg) got to his feet and walked with 2 legs. Mr bolt is the quickest man in the world, true story. but what makes him so freaking fast? I'm sure many people will have an answer for this but i don't need an answer its more of a statement because running 100m faster than 10 seconds means you a freak.

I cant even remember the last time i pushed my body to run its fastest. But I can tell you something, there was this moment that I felt so alive and free and wanted to push myself even further and see how fast i could go. I started to get faster and faster the closer i was getting to that pink ribbon. I was telling myself I wish the ribbon was further away, I really want to see how fast I could go. But it was all over and I ended up a dirty 3rd place.If you know me i hate losing, I always get upset with myself when i know if i pushed harder I could achieve whatever I'm doing. But sometimes you only have 1 moment to prove to yourself and if you don't take that moment, what ever it might be, it will be all wasted and you will never know the true outcome. I guess that's what life is all about, go big or go home. Take every chance you can to see what you can achieve. I wasn't racing against anybody, well there were another 18 people in the race.I was selected as one of 19 people to run the celebrity 100m charity dash to raise money for Rainbow smiles. Its a charity for kids with cancer so I really wanted to win and raise as much money for these kids as possible. 

Ironically I was the favorite for the race as the book keepers were punting me to win. Its was race 13 for the Sansui summer cup, which is one of the oldest horse races in the South Africa. We ran our race at 15:25pm between race 4 and race 5.So a few of the other South Africans that are in the media were all lined up and ready to push themselves to reach speeds that they have never done before. So for coming dirty 3rd i felt really bad and I felt like I let these kids down, I know I could of pushed harder. So I chatted to the wonderful ladies that run Rainbow smiles and told them that I would love to take some of these kids surfing and try bring smiles to their faces because I know how much as riding 1 wave can change your outlook on the world we live in. If these kids dream about that 1 wave that they caught and it brings that smile to their face, then no money can buy a smile like that. So I'm looking forward to get these kids in the water, and looking forward to work with Rainbow smiles.

I also took my dad with me to the event, and it was really nice spending the day with him . It was good to see a smile on his face as I don't get to see it to often due to me always being away (Thank you old man for always being there for me for the past few years)My manager was so busy, but that's what her lifestyle is all about. But I thank her and credit her for doing an amazing job in her field of play. I'm always grateful when I get to do fun things in the media, and its because of her I get to do them. I'm busy writing this while on a flight, I live at airports and in planes I swear, and my legs are a little sore. I should of pushed harder!!!  

So I have been quiet the past few weeks. Guess I have had allot of things going on that are keeping me busy. My best friend and his wife are having a baby any day now (They actually had the baby the day I wrote this, a little girl named Sadie), I spoke to him last night and it’s so strange knowing that his life is about to change yet again. The first big change is when he got married, but it wasn’t strange since he has been with his better half for a decade, and she is like a sister to me and I will always be part of their family. He is a few years older than me, but when we are together we still act like we are 13 year old teenage boys that still haven’t hit puberty. I don’t think we will ever grow up as much as we do try. But with this new addition that’s joining their lives made me realize that growing up isn’t a choice in the matter, its guaranteed. It’s scary to think that one day you don’t have a care in the world the next day it’s all about to change.  I know that they will make amazing parents, and me being on the side lines and watching them learn about what responsibilities are really all about, because whatever you think you know, you know nothing until you have a child. I’m just speaking on behalf of what my sisters went through and I watched them become the mothers that they are.

Staring into the mirror I have noticed that I have a few lines on my face that never use to be there. I could blame the sun but we all know the reality in it is that getting older is the cause in this ripple effect. Allot of my friends are either settling down and getting married or now having their first child. I’m still only 25, but my friends that are slightly older than me are doing the above. I’m nowhere close to doing any of that, I still have so much more to do and achieve on my own. But saying all that, I think when the time comes you can never plan, it just happens. I guess that is the fear of it, getting older and growing up and letting nature takes it course. As much as you fight nature, you will never win against her. Nature will always win at the end of the day. So I say just go with it! So for now, I’m going to carry on doing what I’m doing, and when my time comes, I guess that’ll be the day where I can bring out my old toys from the cupboard and share them with who? Well I guess I’ll let nature decide that one for me.

 Wishing Kyle and Greer the best of luck for your mini version of themselves, may you both not get gray hairs just yet. May your mini you become the best he or she will be. But with you guys as parents there is one thing that she or he will grow up with, that is a loving home and amazing parents. Thank you for always being there for me. If you ever need a baby sitter, please feel free to call your siblings. Much love from me.