CARO A FITNESS DYNAMO

ACTIVE mum and television personality Caro Tahana has been training hard for back to back events next weekend.

Caro, who went on The Block with husband Kingi in 2015, will take part in the three- day Townsville to Cairns bike ride from Thursday, before coming back home to take part in the Townsville to Magnetic Island swim on Sunday.

The three- day bike ride will cover 350km and raise money for The Children’s Cancer Institute.

As mum to five- year- old Halia and nine- month- old Hendrix, Caro said she stayed active during her second pregnancy but was keen to start training harder after the birth.

“I needed a new goal once I had the baby,” she said. “I’d never done the Townsville to Cairns bike ride and it was on my bucket list. “Being a mother it’s really close to my heart.” But finding the time to train isn’t always easy. “I plan to train in the morning but then if he wakes up two or three times during the night that can change … you just have to roll with it,” Caro said.

“So when I train, I train hard because I don’t always know when the next time will be.”

Nevertheless some weeks she rides more than 200km. “I get up in the morning and I might have to do a 40km or a 50km ride,” she said. “I might not feel like it but I know that I will have a good day after doing it.”

Caro said she’s also trying to teach her daughter healthy habits at a young age.

“When she has swimming lessons twice a week, I get in the pool and do laps,” she said.

“After pregnancy my goal wasn’t to lose weight, my goal was to get fit and get strong again and I made sure she knew that. You don’t realise how much they take in everything you say and it sticks with them.”

Caro said she was keen to do the Townsville to Magnetic Island swim and by a twist of fate, the two events ended up being back to back. “Halia said ‘ Mum, you’re going to be so tired’,” she said.