The final countdown

I’ve now done my last really long run ahead of London Marathon. I’m onto the final countdown to the race with just a 16km run to go. I can’t believe I’ve got this far, but I’m frustrated that I’ve not lost weight and am not as fast as I’d like to be. LRR Monday night training session After my 20...

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2 April 2023

Pacing ABP Southampton 10k

Today was my first race since last summer. I was asked to arrive by 8:30am for the pacer photo, which was 90 minutes before Southampton 10k started. I also needed to fit in a 32km run according to my training plan. As a consequence, I planned to run 10km before the race, do 10km during the race, run 5km home...

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1 April 2023

A week in Lancaster and Southampton parkrun

On Sunday, I travelled up to Lancaster for a study week. I travelled by Avanti West Coast trains and was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the train carriage. The tables had extra legroom, plug sockets and wireless charging. (In contrast, I travelled back via Manchester on a cramped older train, which wasn’t a pleasant experience). Lancaster University morning run...

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18 March 2023

Sunday Runday, a 20-miler and some baking

The last week has been really busy and I’m finding it hard to fit everything in. Work is always busy, so fitting in studying and London Marathon training around that isn’t easy. The final Sunday Runday Last Sunday was the final Sunday Runday ahead of ABP Southampton Marathon, Half Marathon and 10k. My training schedule said that I needed to...

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11 March 2023

My fastest 5k in over 3 years

This has been such a week of highs and lows. I’ve been away from home, so have missed some training sessions and haven’t eaten healthily, but I’ve also run my fastest 5k in over 3 years! Trip to Birmingham After missing my long run on Sunday, I had a busy day on Monday. I spent the morning at work and...

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5 March 2023

Return to Netley Abbey parkrun

After having a good time at Monday night training, I was looking forward to this week’s running. I planned to do the Thursday night endurance session, Netley Abbey parkrun and then a long run on Sunday. Lordshill Thursday night endurance session Several of the usual runners weren’t at the Thursday night session, but it was nice to chat with Elaine...

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28 February 2023

Marathon training round-up

Yet again, the last few weeks have been so busy that I haven’t had enough time to blog alongside working, training and studying. I’m not quite where I want to be but am pleased that I am continuing to make progress. Sunday Runday (12/02/23) On Sunday 12th February, I joined in with Sunday Runday. This was the second of three...

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11 February 2023

Finally back under 30 minutes at parkrun

It’s been a while since I’ve had enough time to write a blog post as I’ve been busy with work, studying and training. However, I have been making progress in all areas, including running parkrun in under 30 minutes. Long run and Southampton parkrun 28/01/23 My long run was a bit shorter this week – I only needed to do...

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27 January 2023

My longest run in nearly 5 years!

I’ve been really busy at work in the last couple of weeks delivering a webinar and a face-to-face class, alongside all of my usual activities. However, despite this, I managed to complete my longest run in nearly 5 years. I’m also persevering with the rest of my training. Monday night run with LRR Monday night was an interval session on...

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15 January 2023

Improving my fitness age

The treadmill has settled in and is now a part of our family. M drew a family portrait this week. You can see ‘Treddie’ on the left, next is M, then me and then Stu. Below us is Deebot, our robot vacuum cleaner! I received my annual total from Strava this week. In 2022, I was active on more days...

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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.