Category: Motivation

Every week I write a Monday Morning Motivation post. These are posts to inspire and motivate you! They include content sourced from around the world.

These are some of my favourite posts to write. I keep a blogging notebook and jot down details of anything that I see that has inspired me. Many of my posts include videos.

Originally these posts were just about swimmers, runners, cyclists and triathletes. However, I’ve been inspired by a wide range of athletes, so I now include any motivational story that I chance upon.

If you see something that has inspired you to keep fit and healthy, please send me a link!

18 August 2014

Monday Morning Motivation – how far can you go in two years?

Corrie Kristick has managed to go from being a novice triathlete to a professional in just two years: A Two Year Journey From Beginner to Professional Triathlete If you want to find out more about Corrie, she blogs here: https://www.swimgurutx.com/blog In this article: http://citycoach.org/achieving-personal-best-corrie-kristick/ she discusses how one moment changed her attitude to competition. She also has a healthy attitude towards...

Motivation/Triathlon Comments: 2

11 August 2014

Monday Morning Motivation – Do you have a motivation page?

Do you use any tips or tricks to help keep your motivation going? Maybe you have a motivation wall, or perhaps a medal display to remind you of your achievements. Some people create montages that help them to visualise where they want to be in the future. This motivation page is a template to help you set out your goals....

Motivation Comments: 0

4 August 2014

Monday Morning Motivation – How many times should you try before success?

Winners never quit and quitters never win. What is the last thing that you failed at? Are you going to try again?

Motivation Comments: 2

4 August 2014

Monday Morning Motivation – Ironman

Three minutes of inspiration, courtesy of Ironman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiDb–kwnmw?rel=0 What inspires you to get out and train?

Motivation/Triathlon Comment: 1

28 July 2014

Monday Morning Motivation – what are you doing to reach your goals?

What are your goals? How can you reach or surpass them?

Motivation Comments: 2

21 July 2014

Monday Morning Motivation – Way to go!

Steve Way is a hugely inspirational man, who was an unhealthy and overweight smoker just 7 years ago, but who is now going to represent England in the Commonwealth Games. You can read his amazing story here: Meet Steve Way – England’s unlikeliest athlete for the Commonwealth Games. Amazingly, not only does Steve hold down a full-time job whilst running over...

Motivation/Running Comments: 0

30 June 2014

Monday Morning Motivation – 20 Tiny thoughts crushing your biggest dreams

20 Tiny thoughts crushing your biggest dreams is one of the most inspirational blog posts that I’ve read recently. When I was at an Embrace Sports triathlon training camp last year, one of the thoughts that Graeme shared with me was not to allow my races be dominated by my own self-limiting beliefs. In the aforementioned blog post, March Chernoff...

Motivation Comments: 4

23 June 2014

Monday Morning Motivation – do you live in the moment?

Do you live in the moment? There will be a day when I can no longer do this. That day is not today. Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present. Too often I worry about training sessions that have not got well. I also spend time thinking about future training sessions and whether I’ll...

Motivation Comments: 4

9 June 2014

Monday Morning Motivation – Planning and goal-setting

We’ve all heard of SMART goals (Specific Measurable Achievable Realistic and Time-based), but how many of you think about the language you use on your to-do lists? Which verbs are going to feature in your SMART goals for this week?

Motivation Comments: 0

2 June 2014

Monday Morning Motivation – Sacrifice

Thanks to Chris at Dry2Tri for sharing this motivational video. I appreciate that it is a little cheesy, but it’s impossible to watch it and not feel inspired to do more and be more. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo3wHRR_xWE?rel=0 Here’s the transcript for those of you who don’t have 6:11 to spend watching it: Motivational Speakers: Les Brown, Eric Thomas, Ray Lewis Motivational Speaker...

Motivation Comment: 1

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.