Heartbreaker Half Marathon

The first time I ran the Heartbreaker Half Marathon (14 miles) was in February 2012. The course changed slightly in 2012 to remove a downhill start and move the turnaround point, so that it is now 13.1 miles and not almost 14 miles, however, that hasn’t affected my time very much: 2012 2:16:56 2013 2:14:53 I chose not to run...

Running Comments: 3

22 February 2015

Food, friends and supraspinatus problems

I need to get back to being organised as I’m not blogging very consistently these days. To try to catch up, I thought I’d share a few photos that illustrate what I’ve been up to. Stu and I went for a Valentine’s Date to a new coffee shop that has opened up. GL has a lovely range of home-made cakes...

Nutrition/Swimming Comments: 0

16 February 2015

What will you be eating on Shrove Tuesday?

Tomorrow is Shrove Tuesday, which is now often referred to as ‘Pancake Day’. For many people, this involves an evening of indulging in crepes topped with lemon and sugar… but it doesn’t have to be a fattening event. There are lots of recipes for healthy savoury pancakes online, but I’m more interested in sweet pancakes. Last year, the lovely folks...

Nutrition/Product review Comment: 1

16 February 2015

Monday Morning Motivation: Catching Kayla

This short film (<13 mins) brought a tear to my eye. Kayla is a young woman with multiple sclerosis, but that has not stopped her from pursuing her dreams. If she can continue training and achieving, what’s stopping you? Read more: For Runner With M.S., No Pain While Racing, No Feeling at the Finish Future Bison runner featured in New...

Running Comments: 2

15 February 2015

How did you get here?

I’m a stats geek, so I love looking at the stats dashboard in WordPress. This week has been a great week for me in terms of numbers – I tweeted for the 1000th time and my blog follower figures topped 2000, so THANK YOU to everyone who is now following my blog. (Remember that if you’d like to have every...

Blogging Comments: 6

14 February 2015

Where I’m from

I am from home-made school uniform, from a class of four and lots of attention. From a bed full of toys and hours spent dancing. From days on my bike and jumping down sand dunes. I am from a slate-fronted home tucked away by the towans where the whisper of the sea can be heard and children’s laughter echoes down...

Uncategorized Comments: 5

13 February 2015

Visiting Vankru bike fitting

The start of this year has been full-on with lots of things happening. My blog has been a bit of a casualty, so I’m hoping to change that this weekend. Apologies in advance to those of you who receive email updates from me! Planning for my Japanese cycling trip I may have mentioned that I’m going on a little cycling...

Cycling Comments: 2

13 February 2015

Progress towards Marafun (Half Marathon)

Until I got ill, my training for Southampton Half Marathon was going well. After being unable to run for a month because of having laser eye surgery, my parkrun times started out quite slow but have started to pick up again. I’m hoping that when I’m well, I’ll be able to run 5km in under 25 minutes again. Next weekend,...

Running Comments: 0

13 February 2015

Fantastic Finish Foto Friday – Fat Girl to IM

Thanks to Shawn at First Time Triathlete for featuring a ‘finish foto’ of me today: Fantastic Finish Foto Friday – Fat Girl to IM. Shawn’s started a really great site with loads of helpful information for novice triathletes. I strongly recommend that you visit the site and take a look. Do you have a favourite ‘finish foto’? What do you like...

Triathlon Comments: 0

13 February 2015

Impatience

I’m currently off work as I’m ill and the lack of exercise is making me grumpy and impatient, as well as providing me with the time to browse online, which is never a good thing. I’ve seen a few humorous videos this morning, but mostly, I’ve been reading other people’s blogs, which make me want things, and then I turn...

Triathlon Comments: 0

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.