Ironmen
It’s our first pool training day, and I’m buzzing with excitement. Eleven teenage Bhekulwandle boys are about to swim for the first time. Ryan, one of their mentors, and I are going to teach them! My imagination leaps ahead a few months. In March, 2013, we’ll cross the finish line of the Mudman Triathlon together, and this undertaking will be the makings of an inspirational story – who knows, maybe even a movie? The newspaper reporter is here, and she takes our first picture beside the pool and writes a few quotes in her notebook. A brief moment later we’re in the water – where amidst the gasping and floundering I’m just relieved we took the photo already. This is going to be way tougher than I thought.