Chosen Arrow

06/02/2025

Good luck to all those competing in Coast to Coast this weekend! Be proud of how far you’ve come to get to the start line and have a great day out there! .vreugdenhil.multisport

18/01/2025

I actually still can’t believe today was real! 😂 To be back racing again. I LOVED every second of it! Even had a brief moment with 300m to go where I didn’t want the race to end!?! 🤣

2km 🏊‍♀️ 41 mins
90km 🚲 3hrs
21.1km 🏃‍♀️ 2hrs 22

Overall 6hrs 11mins.

Far exceeded my expectations there! Didn’t have nearly the training base or volume compared to other times but I had a much smarter pacing strategy. And a dozen other 1% ers that worked in my favour.

Plus mum strength of course! Felt like I had an extra gear physically and mentally and spent most of the race wondering how the heck it was going so well 😂

This race was always going to be different to any other. It means so much more to be out there now when training is juggled around being mum to two girls under 2.5. The training was the true achievement here and the race was the absolute icing on the cake to celebrate that!

This race was never about proving anything or “bouncing back” after childbirth, that would totally be the wrong reason to be out there. For me it was about many things but some of the big ones are:

Signing off my twenties!
Pre kids I definitely took the training / me time for granted and wasn’t ready to accept putting triathlon on hold without having another crack in my 20s.

Continuing to prove to myself that I am capable at sport (a long held limiting belief). Sounds weird but even if people now perceive me as “sporty” or “athletic” it’s still a hard thing for me to feel like I identify with.

Inspiring my girls. 12 months ago I couldn’t convince my eldest that my running shoes were mums shoes and not “dad’s shoes” 😂 Mum and Dad swimming, biking or running is so normal to them already and I love that.

And maybe a little bit of me wanted to see if racing is any easier after drug free childbirth 🤣. No but seriously, mum grit is a thing!

I’m a little sad that this race is over because the plan is to put the half distance on ice for some time. Next week I’ll be coming to terms with a to do list as long as my arm that has been neglected for training 😂. I’ll have to find some smaller goals to put the current fitness to use, and when the next half tri is, we’ll see!

13/01/2025

Feeling a little sad that this special build has come to an end. 😢 I have enjoyed it soooo much! Taking nothing for granted now that I have so little time to get it done. I wish I’d taken more photos to remember it by, but the windows for training were often too tight for photos! 😂

I decided a little over 12 months ago that getting to Tauranga Half was a goal. Getting to the start line with no racing since 2021/22, two kids under two and after giving birth in April was always going to be a huge challenge.

The first step was making sure I had a slow and through recovery from birth. I didn’t rush things and took 12 weeks before doing anything resembling 🏊‍♀️🚲🏃‍♀️Then dabbled in some of each for a couple of months before starting a proper training build in October.

It has required doing most of my training either during the midday nap or after 7:30pm. I’ve become conditioned to riding in the garage at night or getting out with my bike lights to finish off in the dark. An honourable mention also has to go to Makino pool in Feilding for being open until 9pm! 🎉

It was a short timeframe to build fitness from a nonexistent base, so the goals for this were fairly simple:
Enjoy the training, don’t burn out, love running again, get to the start line, get to the finish line. All while being the best mum I can be for the girls.

Aimee .nz has been a HUGE help with this and so understanding of my capacity for training alongside parenting and life. 💕

Now we’re here and the race plan is simple: Enjoy and finish.

Yes I am a bit nervous. But it’s mostly about the logistics, like navigating the time from waking up until the start line with the kids. A breastfed baby that doesn’t like to take a bottle 😬🫣. The latter may even require a long T2 😬. Not sure who has the harder task, me racing or 😮‍💨

With everything it has taken to get here, my training has been the real achievement and the race is a celebration of that! I’ll be racing conservatively, sticking to a plan and not out to break any previous records, but so so sooooo stoked to be on course!

Let’s go! 💪
🏊‍♀️ 🚲 🏃‍♀️ 💃 🎉

07/01/2025

Happy Anniversary ! Year 3 has been a busy and exhausting one for sure, but also some peak life experiences with our growing family. Spending very little time together lately due to my Tauranga half prep! So here’s a Tauranga half themed anniversary post 😂. Thanks for your all your patience during this endeavour and for putting the kids back to bed 20 times a night while I’m training 🏊‍♀️ 🚲 🏃‍♀️

13/12/2024

A throwback to some Taupo course memories!

Best of luck to all those racing 70.3 World Champs in Taupo this weekend! 💪🏊‍♀️🚲🏃‍♀️🏃

The atmosphere looks AMAZING! 😮 Massive FOMO over here!

May the sun and the wind be kind to you out there. It’s been a long time coming since 2019 qualification for some. Well done for making it to the start line, however long and tough the journey has been. Go and give it your very best shot! 💪

07/11/2024

Had to pinch myself reading back through these DMs from customers, you guys are too kind! 🥰

And how good are these pics of everyone out racing 🤩

It’s seeing the suits that I designed out on course, receding the photos, and getting messages like these that motivate me to keep bringing my designs to life!

Whether you’ve purchased yet or not, Thank you all for being here on my lycra journey with me, it gives me so much joy and inspiration! 😍

🔔 Reminder 🔔 The new “Comeback” trisuit pre-order window closes TONIGHT at 11pm!

Time is running out to be best dressed on course this summer with a 15% preorder discount + 10% of additional order items! 🎉

(Trisuit delivery ETA - mid December)

02/11/2024

Well done Nicki Fisk on your IronMaori Quarter today! Rocking the pink suit + nyc marathon tee 🔥

06/08/2024

13/07/2024

14/06/2024

Throwback to Tauranga races of 2021 and 2022. Some great outings in the blue and pink monarch trisuits! Excited for my return to the Tauranga Half in January 2025 😁 Expectations will be very different returning to racing post partum and fitting in the training with two under two!

22/05/2024

The beginning....

2019 cycling in Shanghai. Didn't take my bike over but ended up purchasing an old Madone once I realised there were some amazing cycle groups to join.

Pretty hectic group rides for this kiwi! It wasn't until I was running reds in a mega city (along with the entire bunch of 50+ cyclists) that I realised I'd only ever cycled through one set of traffic lights 🤣 (The only one in Taupo at that time). Unfortunately no photos featuring the Chosen Arrow gear in SH as this was just before I got hold of my first-ever samples.