Fat Girl to Ironman

19 November 2015

What do you know about the history of sport in Nigeria?

It’s a little-known fact that the first football match that I went to see was a friendly between Japan and Nigeria at the St Mary’s Stadium in Southampton. I’m not a huge football fan and the weather was bleak (torrential rain), but the atmosphere was electric. The fans were incredibly friendly and also lived up to national stereotypes: there was...

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18 November 2015

Do you remember when I went cycling in Japan?

In April, my husband (Stu) and I went cycling in Japan with our friend, Jez. He has finally finished editing his beautiful photos and blogging about the trip. If you are interested in cycling or Japan, you should have a look. His blog is less wordy than mine and he only includes the very best photos! (He has also blogged...

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17 November 2015

OMG! Thank you supporters :-D

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU AMAZING PEOPLE, I WAS VOTED SPORTS BLOGGER OF THE YEAR IN THE BLOGGING EDGE 2015 UK BLOG AWARDS!!! I am immensely grateful to everyone who voted for me as Sports Blogger of the Year, and even more so to all of the people who endure my blogging addiction. In particular, I’m grateful to my partner,...

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17 November 2015

How to enjoy a race you haven’t trained for

Gosport Half Marathon is a popular race on the south coast that is renowned for being fast and flat. I’ve run it three times before: However, I’ve always done a reasonable amount of training before taking part in this race. Often it hasn’t been a specific half marathon training plan, but I’ve usually been training for a marathon or regularly...

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11 November 2015

Workout Wednesday – It’ll work out

“Make sure you don’t accidentally impale your butt on the handles!” I love the way that Zach pokes fun at motivational videos, with their stirring music and slogans.

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9 November 2015

Ironman Weymouth 70.3 – my A race for 2016

Woohoo! I’ve now entered my final A race for 2016 (with the other two being Southampton Half Marathon in April and Long Course Weekend in July). I’ve entered Ironman Weymouth 70.3. However, this wasn’t because I’d been repeatedly nagged to enter more Ironman events by Ironman: There are a lot of other events that I’d like to try in 2016,...

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28 October 2015

Workout Wednesday – Ups and downs

This week’s Workout Wednesday by Zach Anner is Ups and downs. Key lines from Ups and Downs Have you got your ‘workout old man mall shoes’? “Remember, if you make it to the top, don’t look down on anyone as you were there once!”

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26 October 2015

Monday Morning Motivation: Shed the monster

Don’t let your Monday start badly – get on your bike!

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25 October 2015

Wiltshire (Ups and) Downs Sportive

As the weather was forecast to be nice on Sunday (and the clock change made it feel like I’d had a lie in), I decided to squeeze in a ride at the Wiltshire Downs Sportive. There were 4 distances on offer: ‘Fun’: 15 miles / 24 km Short: 34 miles / 54 km Med: 62 miles / 99 km Long:...

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24 October 2015

Slow jog at Southampton parkrun #175

It was so much fun to be back for Southampton parkrun #175 today. It feels like I’ve been away for so long. I’m really struggling with my running at the moment. When I say this to a lot of my friends, they respond with something like, ‘But you’re so fit – you’ve been doing so much cycling and swimming’. That’s...

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