Category: Travel

Travel posts are ones about journeying. I’ve been on national and international trips and blogged about them. Most include some element of sports. I have been on a few training holidays and have cycled across the Japanese Alps.

I’ve also written about staycations, such as a short break in Bournemouth. I explained all about the healthy activities you can do whilst you’re there.

In 2016, I visited Denmark for my husband to take part in Ironman Copenhagen. Whilst we were there, we took part in Amager Faelled parkrun.

Many of my travel posts are about Embrace Sports running and triathlon camps in Portugal and France. I love swimming and cycling in the Algarve and enjoyed cycling famous climbs in the Pyrenees.

February 8, 2021

Odawara Virtual Ninja Tour

Yesterday morning I was in Southampton; yesterday evening I was in Japan. Ok, I didn’t manage to fly to Japan because of COVID-19, but I did take part in Odawara virtual ninja tour. It was the first time I’ve taken part in an event such as this and I had a fantastic time. If you’ve been reading my blog for...

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October 13, 2019

parkrun Tourism Down Under: Cowra parkrun

On the morning of my brother’s wedding, Stuart and I decided to go to Cowra parkrun. I’d tried out Bathurst parkrun the previous week and we did Orange parkrun a couple of years back. As parkrun starts at 8am in New South Wales and it’s about an hour’s drive to Cowra, it was an early start for us. We were...

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October 6, 2019

parkrun Tourism: Bathurst parkrun

The last time I was in Australia, I took part in three parkruns: North Wollongong twice and Orange parkrun. I could have attended the same parkruns this time, but I wanted to take the opportunity to do some parkrun tourism. (Also, it would be depressing to see just how much slower I am than I was two years ago!) Bathurst...

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June 3, 2019

Run Fest Run – a new UK running festival

I read about RunFestRun, a new UK running festival a while ago and thought it sounded great, but the cost of tickets and my lack of running fitness meant that I didn’t expect to take part. However, just over a week ago, someone shared a discount code with me that reduced the cost of a family ticket from Â£350 to...

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May 6, 2019

Fit and healthy break in Bournemouth

I’ve now booked tickets for my big holiday of the year (to Australia for my brother’s wedding), but that’s a long way off, so I’m trying to plan lots of mini breaks and excursions. My first weekend adventure was with my friend Inez. We went to Bournemouth which has a wide range of shops, activities, restaurants and hotels to suit...

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August 22, 2016

My first international parkrun at Amager Faelled

We didn’t arrive in Copenhagen early enough for the Ironman 5k run that took place on Wednesday. I was keen to take part in parkrun on Saturday morning. Denmark was the first country outside of the UK to have a parkrun and we knew that there were three in Copenhagen. We quickly realised that the view from our hotel room...

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August 19, 2015

What’s the most amazing place you have swum, biked or run (or all three)?

For me, it would have to be Japan. I didn’t do a lot of swimming there (I’m not sure that bathing in the onsen [hot springs] counts), but I did plenty of running and cycling. I travelled there in April 2015 with my husband, Stuart and our friend Jez. We spent a few days in Tokyo before travelling to Kanazawa...

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April 14, 2015

The impact of World War II on Japan – Hiroshima and Himeji

Last night’s sleep was a lot better, which was a relief. I went to bed quite early and wasn’t disturbed too much. I woke at 5:45 and decided that I might as well get up as that would give me an hour to get ready for our trip to Hiroshima and Himeji. Getting ready to visit Hiroshima and Himeji After...

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April 10, 2015

Takayama to Tsumago

Yet another early start today to ensure that we would have enough time to look around Tsumago. Despite going to bed at 10pm, I was exhausted by the time the alarm went off at 6am, as Stuart was coughing and snoring all night. Breakfast was a pot of yoghurt with fruit and a muffin that we bought in a convenience store last...

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April 7, 2015

Shinkansen to Kanazawa

Our train for Kanazawa was at 10:30 this morning, so we got up at 7:30am. This gave us enough time to finish packing before leaving our hotel. Getting to Tokyo Station At 9am, Jez joined us at our hotel and we wheeled/carried/dragged our bikes to Ryogoku station. We had to go up a long flight of steps to the platform. There...

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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.