Banana Bready-cake

Last week I was chatting to Sam (my nutrition coach from Mealo (Formerly Solent Strength + Nutrition)) and he suggested that I could try making some banana bread using protein powder. This would be ideal for my long swim next weekend. Banana bready cake recipe Here’s my recipe. 350g bananas (250g mashed and 100g chopped) 100g plain flour 80g Smart...

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31 August 2015

Monday Morning Motivation: Bailey Matthews

Chances are that unless you were on holiday in a remote location at the end of July, you’ve already seen this inspirational video. It’s so heart-warming and motivational that I wanted to share it again. Eight-year-old Bailey, from Doncaster, has cerebral palsy. He was cheered over the line by hundreds of spectators after completing a 100m lake swim, 4,000m bike...

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21 August 2015

When in doubt, shop… (aka I bought a dryrobe!)

Yesterday evening I went to a different swimming session run by my tri club. I arrived a little early and couldn’t see anyone around, so I mentioned to the receptionist that I had arrived for the tri club swim. He told me that no-one else was there yet, and then directed me to the changing rooms. On the way into...

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19 August 2015

What’s the most amazing place you have swum, biked or run (or all three)?

For me, it would have to be Japan. I didn’t do a lot of swimming there (I’m not sure that bathing in the onsen [hot springs] counts), but I did plenty of running and cycling. I travelled there in April 2015 with my husband, Stuart and our friend Jez. We spent a few days in Tokyo before travelling to Kanazawa...

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19 August 2015

Reflecting on the forthcoming Scilly Swim Challenge

It’s only 2.5 weeks until the Scilly Swim Challenge, which is my “A-race” (*it’s not a race, it’s a challenge!). I’m starting to get nervous. I met with my coach, Olly, today to map out my training for the next two weeks. There are quite a few things that I’d like to do between now and 5th September – including...

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17 August 2015

Monday Morning Motivation – 8 days in 8 minutes

The Absa Cape Epic is an annual two-person MTB team event held in South Africa over 8 days which includes Time Trial prologue. It has been accredited as hors categorie (beyond categorisation) by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Among other events in world cycling which enjoy this status are the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España. First staged...

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16 August 2015

What’s your favourite piece of kit and why?

What’s the one piece of kit you couldn’t live without? OK, so there are a few things that I really need as a triathlete, such as my bike (Kuota Kharma Evo), my trainers (Brooks Vapors and Pure Cadence/Flow) and my Garmin, but when it comes to clothing, I can’t tri without my SOAS tri shorts. Those of you who follow...

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16 August 2015

Salty Sea Dog Long Swim 3.8k

After getting up early to watch the Salty Sea Dog Triathlon and then doing a reasonably quick parkrun, I was feeling a little hungry by the time we had to get ready for the Salty Sea Dog Long Swim, but there was too much to do for me to think about eating. I went to register, which is where a...

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16 August 2015

Bournemouth parkrun

This morning, Donna and I went down to Boscombe to watch some clubmates taking part in the VOTwo Salty Sea Dog triathlon. (It was also a chance for us to do some tourism at Bournemouth parkrun). The water looked a bit choppy and at 7am the air temperature was fairly cool. Two events were taking place – a sprint race...

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10 August 2015

Ironman Dublin 70.3 – The Run

I looked at my watch as I headed out to the run section of Ironman Dublin 70.3. It said about 4:30 , which shocked me. I was confident that I could do the run in under 3 hours. That would be a new PB for me, as long as I didn’t fall apart. There was also a faint hope that...

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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.