by Tiffany Melius | Oct 12, 2020 | Olympics
6 min read So it is done. I have made my decision. For better or worse. It is done. I am not going to continue with my Olympic bid. I woke on Sunday October 4, 2020 with a heaviness in my chest. I thought that I was coming down with a cold, and decided to stay home...
by Tiffany Melius | Oct 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
(Written July 18, 2020) 8min read When COVID-19 caused travel to be suspended, Continentals and the Olympics to be postponed, and the world to be upended, things shifted for me. I was tired. I had been pushing just to finish things off, make it to the finish line, tie...
by Tiffany Melius | Aug 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
At the start of my December 2019 blog, I started to put into words an aspect of my journey and growth that has been… challenging. SIDE, BUT IMPORTANT, NOTE: I understand that my struggles aren’t the struggles of BIPOC (Black/Indigenous/People Of Colour). I...
by Tiffany Melius | Apr 2, 2020 | Olympics
Photo: Standing atop the podium at the 2017 Oceania Continental Climbing Championships This past weekend marks the dates that the 2020 Oceania Continental Climbing Championships was supposed to have been. The competition that was to decide my fate for the next six...
by Tiffany Melius | Dec 31, 2019 | Olympics, Tournament
Australian Nationals 2019 Often I write blogs to process; sometimes it’s just to recount what happened for those following my journey. This blog is a bit of both. Part of it is being written seven weeks after the fact (oh my gosh how has the time gone by so...
by Tiffany Melius | Sep 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
In a word: relief. Relief that I can still perform. Relief that I don’t have to work myself to the bone to achieve (in fact, realising that I CAN’T achieve if I am burnt out). Relief that I am not alone. I arrived in Japan two weeks before the World...
by Tiffany Melius | Jul 15, 2019 | Olympics, Tournament, Vlog
“The heavier the burden, the closer our lives come to the earth, the more real and truthful they become. Conversely, the absolute absence of burden causes man to be lighter than air, to soar into heights, take leave of the earth and his earthly being, and become only...
by Tiffany Melius | Mar 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’s been two weeks now since Open Boulder Nationals. Many people have come up to me this week, concerned about my wellbeing, considering the very vulnerable blog I wrote about my experience. Last week was a scheduled training break and I took full advantage of the...
by Tiffany Melius | Mar 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
In honour of International Women’s Day 2019, this is a blog about the book “Roar: how to match your food and fitness to your female physiology for optimum performance, great health, and a strong, lean, body for life”, by Stacy T. Sims, PhD. I read...
by Tiffany Melius | Mar 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Devastated. It is such a dramatic word; but I can’t think of a better word to describe how I feel right now. I just got the worst result compared to expectations of my climbing career, at a time when I am supposed to be exceeding my achievements of the past. How can I...
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