Fat Girl to Ironman

12 February 2015

Evans Rideit! Sportive

My first big cycling event of the year was scheduled to be Evans RideIt! Sportive in Newbury. Three distances were offered: Short: 30 miles/48km Medium: 50 miles/80km Long: 70 miles/112km I’ve not been doing a lot of cycle training, but the plan was to do the long course with Stuart, Suzanne, Donna and Jules. Liz was going to cycle part...

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12 February 2015

28 days of interval training

Need some inspiration and plans to help you work out on your own? Check out this fantastic month-long series of workouts and interval training by Girls Gone Sporty: 28 days of interval training You may also be interested in this 28-day interval workout challenge. Push your boundaries, challenge your expectations! #PYBCYE

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9 February 2015

Monday Morning Motivation – A nation that runs

OK, so the data’s getting a bit old now, but I still think this infographic about a Nation that Runs is interesting: Which statistic from a Nation that Runs did you find most interesting?

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8 February 2015

#GiveIt100

At the start of the year, I signed up for #GiveIt100 with the aim of focussing on healthy eating and making sensible food choices for 100 days. Unfortunately, I got thrown off track by some personal events and have struggled to get back on track again. I know a treat every now and again is part of a balanced life....

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7 February 2015

Sinking not swimming…

This year I need to focus on my swimming. A month of 2015 has gone by and I’ve really not achieved very much yet. If I’m going to complete the Scilly Swim Challenge, I’m going to need to start pushing myself soon. I have to be able to swim a mile in 40 mins (consistently), which is just under 25...

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2 February 2015

Monday Morning Motivation – Impossible is nothing.

Have you managed to overcome adversity? How? If you want to see how a series of athletes turned negatives and setbacks into positives, visit the AdidasIIN channel.    

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26 January 2015

Monday Morning Motivation – Paul Tergat

Paul Tergat is a Kenyan distance runner. He was the marathon world-record holder from 2003 to 2007. He won five World Cross Country Championship titles from 1995 to 1999 and two consecutive World Half Marathon Championships in 1999 and 2000. Tergat currently focuses on the marathon. He finished second in his first three races at this distance: the 2001 and...

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25 January 2015

Fundraising for the Chestnut Appeal

This year, Stuart and I are raising money for the Chestnut Appeal, which supports men with prostate cancer in the south-west. It is an important charity that has funded six nurses and a variety of treatments and equipment.     The events that we are doing: 26th April – Stuart is running London Marathon and Tamsyn is running Southampton Half...

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19 January 2015

Monday Morning Motivation – Finding strong

You need to find 20 minutes of your day to watch this inspirational video by Brian Vernor. Finding Strong – a journey to uncover the transformative power of running. Finding Strong trailer. Here’s the trailer, for those of you who don’t have 20 minutes right now:

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18 January 2015

Stubbington 10k race recap

I’ve run Stubbington 3 times before, so I knew what to expect from this race. It’s held on a fairly flat course and being early in the year, the weather can be a bit unpredictable. Two years ago, it snowed during the race (which is unusual for this part of the UK). This year, the weather was fairly cool, but...

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