Fat Girl to Ironman

27 September 2016

Do you want to be a SOAS Ambassador?

I’ve been a SOAS Ambassador since 2014, and have loved being on the team. The brand is led by strong female triathletes, who really know what women want from their kit (comfort AND style). The other ambassadors (who are spread around the world) have some great stories. If you want to be a SOAS Ambassador in 2017, why not apply?...

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15 September 2016

Cycling with a legend

I was feeling too tired to go to the track this evening. It was frustrating as I haven’t done very much exercise this week. I’ve also realised that I may not be able to do parkrun on Saturday. By 10am, I need to be at an antenatal class. The others might not appreciate it if I turn up a bit...

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13 September 2016

Looking forward to the first cross country race of the season

Last night I managed to get myself back to swimming. It seems that there are a lot of people who really love swimming when they are pregnant, but I’m finding it incredibly frustrating. I can no longer go as quickly as I can and I find that my breathing is off… and my additional ballast is making me roll around...

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12 September 2016

Monday Morning Motivation – The Iron Nun

Feeling old this morning? Watch this video about the Iron Nun and feel inspired! Sister Madonna Buder has the current world record for the oldest woman to ever finish an Ironman triathlon, which she obtained at age 82 by finishing the Subaru Ironman Canada on August 26, 2012. If you’d like to learn more, you can watch a ‘behind the...

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11 September 2016

Catching up

The last few weeks have been hard work, which is why I haven’t been blogging regularly. It’s taken me a while to shake off the despondency of having my bikes stolen. Fortunately, I have my work bike back, so I can cycle to work. We’ve improved the security on our garage and are seeing a specialist about additional measures this...

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5 September 2016

Monday Morning Motivation – Under these gloves…

If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you may have noticed that I rarely appear in pictures where I’m not wearing sports clothes. Part of that is because of the topic of my blog, but it’s also because I rarely ‘dress up’. I’m most comfortable wearing jeans and a hoodie… but that doesn’t mean that I don’t care...

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31 August 2016

Another award – thank you :-)

Thanks to the feedspot panel for including Fat Girl to Ironman in their list of Top 200 Running Blogs. It’s always such an honour ro receive a blogging award – I’ve now got a bit of a trophy cabinet!   Ranking top 200 running blogs The Top 200 running blogs are ranked based on following criteria Google reputation and Google...

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24 August 2016

Phoenix Fit UK elastic lace system giveaway winner announcement

Did you enter my competition to win Phoenix Fit UK elastic lace system? The winners of the Phoenix fit UK elastic laces giveaway on https://fatgirltoironman.co.uk were selected at random on Rafflecopter. Congratulations to:  1. Izzi Normanton 2. Ellie Wood 3. Franny Tran The prize is a pair of Phoenix Fit UK elastic laces in the colour of the winner’s choice....

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22 August 2016

DNF and I feel fine – a guest post from my husband

Originally I had planned to write a post for Tamsyn’s blog after IM Copenhagen but things didn’t go quite to plan and following on from that I wasn’t feeling what I thought I should be feeling so hopefully this post will also help me explore that a bit. Firstly, I entered IM Copenhagen back in September 2015 as I wanted...

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22 August 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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