Fat Girl to Ironman

25 March 2019

Monday Morning Motivation: Overland Triathlon

This past summer, four professional triathletes and one amateur national champion set out to show that triathlon can be whatever you want it to be. Gravel, check. Non-standard format, check. Hardcore workout, definite check. Eric Lagerstrom: Professional triathlete and the guy who decided to make this film. Trevor Wurtele: Professional triathlete and husband of Heather Wurtele. Chris Ganter: Professional triathlete...

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18 March 2019

Monday Morning Motivation: Dave Wottle

Today’s inspiration comes in the form of American middle-distance runner David Wottle. This video is from the men’s 800m final at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. It shows Wottle (wearing his signature cap) seemingly coming from the back of the field to win. Interestingly, although Wottle was known for his sprint finishes, his splits for this race were even. The rest...

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15 March 2019

Two Sunday swims and a Monday swim

For two Sundays in a row, I’ve been to The Quays in Southampton. It’s convenient as my university gym membership allows me to swim there for free and parking is free before midday on Sundays. Another bonus is that there is a fun pool, so Stu can swim with M whilst I’m training. I’ve been trying to make sure that...

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11 March 2019

Monday Morning Motivation: Marcus Cook

This week’s motivation comes courtesy of Marcus Cook, a man who lost half his bodyweight to take part in an iron-distance triathlon. Read more about Marcus Cook: From nearly 500lbs to an Ironman Marcus Cook: Use my finish as your start How Ironman finisher Marcus Cook lost over 250lbs 250lbs later: The journey of Marcus Cook Triathlon Inspires: Marcus Cook Story...

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10 March 2019

Mountbatten School parkrun

I’m still struggling to find the time to run, so I’m trying to enjoy any runs that I get to do as much as possible. Last week was the first parkrun at Mountbatten School (Romsey, Hampshire). I knew it was starting, but I’m also well aware that parkrun HQ request that people don’t flock to inaugural parkruns. However, as this...

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4 March 2019

Monday Morning Motivation: Rachael Arends

Today’s motivation comes courtesy of American runner Rachael Arends. Female victories in mixed-gender events remain rare and are usually limited to extreme endurance events. In 2004 Nature predicted that women would beat men at 100m by 2156. However, the prediction was based on the fact that women’s race times were improving more rapidly than men’s. This was probably down to the restrictions...

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3 March 2019

Back to my parkrun roots

I’ve finally finished planning my schedule until the end of June – hopefully, I’ll get to visit 10 ‘new-to-me’ parkruns in that time as well as a few more letters on my parkrun alphabet. However, I also want to get back to my parkrun roots. Southampton parkrun After running at Upton House parkrun, it was nice to be back at...

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1 March 2019

Friday Five: 5 ways to change your parkrun experience

Like many people in the UK, parkrun is what made me a runner. Before I went to parkrun, I always ran alone and was never sure of how far or how fast I went. I would head out from home and plod around for an hour. I didn’t have any proper running kit and didn’t see running as a social...

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26 February 2019

I’m gonna need a bigger trophy shelf…

Thanks to Sparpedia for including Fat Girl to Ironman in their Top 30 Running Blogs 2019.

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25 February 2019

Monday Morning Motivation: Weight loss transformations

It’s a short post from me today. Just look at this gallery showing 50 amazing weight loss transformations. All fifty of them credit running for their transformation. These Incredible Weight Loss Transformations Will Inspire You to Get Healthy

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