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25 March 2014

Goal

Here is today’s IDEAfit photo a day image with the theme ‘goal’: In January, I decided that I wanted to find an amazing brand to work with. I was utterly astounded to find that I had been chosen to be a brand ambassador for SOAS. Today, I received a fantastic parcel of kit from them. It’s so awesome that it’s...

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24 March 2014

No more marathons

Here is today’s IDEAfit photo a day image to go with the caption ‘style’: Reasons not to sign up for the next race I thought this blog post from Girls Gone Sporty on ‘Reasons not to sign up for the next race’ was particularly apt for how I’m feeling now. (link currently broken). Essentially, the arguments against signing up for...

Categories Running/Swimming Comments: 10

17 March 2014

Happy

Happy St. Patrick’s day! The IDEAfit photo a day image for March 17th is ‘Happy’. I’ve chosen a picture of my brother and his son having fun in their dinosaur onesies!   It was LRR training tonight. I was all prepared to go to swimming afterwards, or so I thought… but I realised that I had forgotten to pick up...

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16 March 2014

Massive PB! Winchester Duathlon

Winchester Duathlon was my first multisport event last year, so I was excited about returning to the event. My primary goal as to get a PB, with a second goal of finishing in under 2 hours. We got up early and had plenty of time to set up in transition, although some people had arrived far earlier than us. Fortunately,...

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15 March 2014

Woohoo – I’m now a Breeze Champion!

Today is all about cycling – RideLondon, Breeze and some online articles. RideLondon A little while ago, I found out that I didn’t get a place in Ride London, which was disappointing. However, I think I’ve already overcommitted myself this year, so I’m not too upset! Breeze Ride Leader course Anyway, as I said I’ve been trying to cut back...

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10 March 2014

Be yourself – everyone else is taken!

Here is today’s IDEAfit photo a day image – yet again, it’s a recycled one as it’s meant to be a workout selfie and I don’t take many of those! I LOVE today’s motivational quote: It was a usual Monday with LRR training and swimming with the Tri Club. However, there were a few problems with cycling to work. After...

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18 February 2014

Finally back to blogging

Apologies for my long absence from blogging – I’ve had a huge amount going on and I’ve also been unwell. This post is likely to be a little disjointed as there’s so much that I’ve not blogged about recently. I did consider trying to post several catch up posts, but figured I may as well get the whole thing done...

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14 February 2014

Running – one step at a time: “If you want something doing, do…”

Today’s guest blogger is James from ‘Running – one step at a time‘. I’ve known James for several years now. I met him through parkrun and have witnessed the impact that he has had on my local running community. He loves a new challenge and never seems to sleep! Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? I’m almost...

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24 January 2014

“Measure life by the legacy you create.”

I’ve been following Chris’s blog (http://nzmultisports.wordpress.com/) for several months now and was extremely flattered when Chris offered to be interviewed… I love it when anyone comments on my blog, so an offer to contribute in a greater way was really surprising and exciting! Like me, Chris is a triathlete who came to the sport later in life, is in his...

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23 January 2014

My first ever turbo trainer session

After my post earlier this week where I discussed media attacks on women in sport, I was really saddened to read a Storify yesterday [no longer available, 2018] which showed that sexism is alive and well when people think they can be protected by the ‘anonymity’ of being online. (Beth Tweddle’s vile Twitter abuse: Women, it’s time to shout back...

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