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Christina Mallion

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TAKE ME BACK 🏔️

TO THE ENDLESS HILLS, HALF-TIME PICNICS AND THREE WEATHER SYSTEMS IN ONE DAY.

Scrolling through the incredible albums that @julzybee @juliettebissetphotography took from our trip…

It’s going to be a long time, if not forever, until I stop talking about this adventure.

@gonzoruns x Chamonix x Bucket List Trail. by @christinamallion

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18 days ago

This is my kind of Heritage Day. 🌊🇿🇦

Cape Town. Salt water. A Malibu. And nowhere else I’d rather be.

P.S. Facial expressions when paddling for a wave are their own kind of special, hey… 😂 taken in Cape Town, Western Cape by @christinamallion

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22 days ago

11 weeks until the @ilsf_org Lifesaving World Champs.

36 years old.
6 event categories.
2 divisions.
1 body. 😂

And 74 days until marshalling starts.

I’m documenting parts of my training block. The sessions, the planning, the practice racing, the food, the recovery, the work and everything in between.

Let’s see what 11 weeks looks like. taken in Cape Town, Western Cape by @christinamallion

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a month ago

Eight signs you or someone you know is deep in Lifesaving Worlds training. With 7 weeks to go hey…

And yes, Number 8 is the one I’m most committed to. 🌊✌️ taken in Cape Town, Western Cape by @christinamallion

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3 days ago

🧊🍋 Self-Imposed Post Work Ice Challenge.

Aimed for 1min, landed up with 3min.
Stoked and refreshed. taken in Cape Town, Western Cape by @christinamallion

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8 days ago

There’s nothing quite like matching the energy of a wave and letting it take you. 🌊 taken in Sunset Beach, Cape Town by @christinamallion

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9 days ago

Just off the coast of Clifton.

Beautiful water, beautiful Sunday, and a pretty spectacular world underneath it all.

Stoked to be back out here. 🪸🩵🌊 taken in Clifton 4th Beach by @christinamallion

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12 days ago

Always listen to Grandmother Willow. 🌿

🎥🫶🇫🇷 taken in Chamonix, France by @christinamallion

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13 days ago

Week 2/11 Training for the Lifesaving World Champs. 🌍

The first proper ramp-up week started off a little wobbly…

The plan was:

2 x swim
2 x board
2 x ski
1 x iron
3 x strength

A hamstring niggle had other ideas, so a few things had to change.

I dropped the two ski sessions, swapped out lower-body strength, added another rest day and got an extra swim in instead.

I also kept the swimming to pull buoy work early in the week, left the running until Sunday, and put a bit more effort into recovery:

2 x compression boots
2 x sauna
2 x mobility

Not quite Plan A, but actually a pretty decent Plan B.

The aim is to get to Worlds in one piece, so sometimes the smartest training decision is knowing when to change the plan.

On to Week 3/11. taken in Cape Town, Western Cape by @christinamallion

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19 days ago

Happy birthday, Mother Dearest.❤️🌺

I was looking through the collection of photos I put together for my speech at your 70th birthday, and one thing was very clear.

Red.

If there was one colour that could represent you, it would always be red.

From your hair to your nails, your clothes and all those iconic pieces that were just so completely you. There was always a strong flash of red somewhere.

At school, as a teacher, your nickname was the Red Dragon. You were also famous for giving everyone a special red lipstick kiss on the cheek on their birthday.

And, to me, you were always my Orangutan. 😂🦧

Looking through these photos of you at all the different stages of your life, I realise just how much red became part of the picture of you in my head.

You’ve been gone since 2021, but red still always makes me think of you.

In fact, if you ever notice that I wear a lot of red these days, there’s a reason.

It’s my little way of carrying you with me. Through all the adventures, the milestones and the chapters I know you’d be so proud to hear about.

Happy birthday, Mom. ❤️🌺 taken in Cape Town, Western Cape by @christinamallion

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21 days ago

Beach Dinner Season… is that you? 😍🫶

I’m sorry but thissssss Spring weather has me appreciating the return of one of my fav summer routines.

Tonight was as simple as packing my beachchair, a book, dinner in a Tupperware and heading down to the sand.

Read a few pages, went for a swim, ate my dinner, watched the sun go down… and thought, yep, this is exactly where I want to be on a Monday evening.

Cape Town, I love you. 🌊☀️ taken in Cape Town, Western Cape by @christinamallion

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25 days ago

Week 1 of 11 ✅

This week was really just about getting moving again.

A little bit of something every day, getting back into some of the movements and routines I’ll be doing a lot more of over the next 10 weeks, and letting the body remember what we’re doing.

Nothing too hectic. Just getting back into it.

10 weeks until the Lifesaving World Champs. taken in Cape Town, Western Cape by @christinamallion

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a month ago