Category: Cycling

These posts are about cycling. I love going out for a ride. At the moment, I’ve got 3.5 bikes. The one that gets the most use is my Giant Women’s City Escape, a hybrid that I commute to work on. I have a beautiful Canyon Ultimate CF SLX Dura-Ace Di2 in black and teal for long rides and races. I’ve also got a Giant TCX SLR1 for cyclocross/off-road cycling.

When I commute to work by bike, I usually pull a bike trailer. I’ve actually got three bike trailers, but one of them has been used almost daily since my daughter turned one. It’s a Thule Chariot Lite and my review of it is one of the most-read posts on my blog.

I love going out for long rides at the weekend or on my days off.

2 October 2021

My first 5km buggy run in over a year

This week has been up-and-down in more ways than one. A big high was being included in a Vuelio top 10 list, my cycle commute is definitely ‘up-and-down’, work feels relentless as it’s the start of the academic year and my running still feels in decline. However, I was pleased to complete my first 5km buggy run in over a...

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27 August 2021

Cycling the Camel Trail

When we bought M’s bike and FollowMe tandem, we were hopeful that we would be able to go on some family bike rides (as well as cycle commuting to nursery/school). It seemed fortuitous that the person we bought the bike and tandem from had taken his children to ride the Camel Trail. Although I’d never ridden the Camel Trail before,...

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25 August 2021

Cycling the Coast to Coast Trail

Stuart and I had a child-free day this week, so we decided to go out on our cyclocross bikes and do the Coast to Coast Trail. We’ve not done this route before and hadn’t heard of it until Stu found a leaflet about it. We mostly tend to stick to road cycling. Several years ago, Stu and I did a...

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15 August 2021

parkrun Tourism: St Mary’s parkrun, Bridport

My final long weekend has been quite busy so far. I had a bike ride on Friday, completed St Mary’s parkrun on Saturday and have been for a long family walk today. On Thursday evening, I got everything ready for my final Friday Ride (before going back to working 5 days a week). I managed to drop M off at...

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10 August 2021

Feeling happy about going slowly

This week has been another busy week. I’ve got a lot of exciting projects going on at work and am also busy at home. after the week I’ve had, any progress feels like a step in the right direction and I’m feeling happy about going slowly. Breathless run with Kate On Thursday, I went for a run with fellow parkrun...

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1 February 2020

Getting serious about my challenges for 2020

Last year I found it hard to balance everything in my life. There was never enough time for sleep, so training took a back seat and I didn’t take on many challenges. I’m now more determined than ever to get my training back on track, so I’ve been planning a full events calendar to keep me motivated. Here’s what I’m...

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27 January 2020

Monday Morning Motivation: The Coxes and their tandem

This week’s Monday Morning Motivation is courtesy of Betty Cox and her husband Graeme. Now 92 and 87 respectively, they still love riding their tandem four times a week. Betty was diagnosed with bowel cancer in her 80s. She recovered surprisingly quickly, which she credits to her fitness from cycling so much. Watch the following videos… and then you may...

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5 August 2019

Monday Morning Motivation: Danny Daycare

My Mondays always start with a cycle commute pulling a trailer, but that’s about where the similarity with Danny Macaskill ends. Enjoy! In his latest film Danny Macaskill takes on some child care the only way he knows how… by taking them for a wee bike ride around Scotland!

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12 July 2019

Training ride in the New Forest

After a series of conferences on Fridays, I finally had a Friday free to go on a training ride. It was much needed as I’ve got Castle to Coast sportive triathlon and RideLondon within the next month. I’ve not spent enough in the saddle this year. I’ve also been struggling to get enough sleep as M is still not a...

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17 June 2019

What does it take to run parkrun in under 30 minutes?

Alongside my big goals (Castle to Coast triathlon) and RideLondon, I’ve been working on doing parkrun in under 30 minutes. I was over a minute slower than that at the LRR recalibration time trial, so I knew I had to get working. I still need to amend my eating habits to lose weight, but I’ve been making progress. My sleep...

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Hi, I'm Tamsyn!

Triathlete | Blogger | Running Coach & Fitness Instructor

As an overweight couch potato, I decided to turn my life around. I lost over 33lbs/15kg and now love keeping fit and healthy. In February 2013, I set myself a challenge to complete an iron-distance triathlon (2.4 mile/3.8k swim; 112 mile/180k bike; 26.2 mile/42.2k run).

Since starting my triathlon journey, I’ve:

learnt to swim and completed a 17.5km sea swim

bought my first road bike and cycled across Japan

run six marathons.

had a baby.

I’ve not completed an Ironman yet… but I’m getting there.