Fat Girl to Ironman

27 May 2014

Patchwork post!

Wow – there’s so much fantastic stuff to read online at the moment, so I thought I’d share some of my favourite reads of the day with you. First up, there’s Gina Crawford‘s latest blog post on her third HIM in 15 days. What I find particularly interesting about Gina’s blog is that she is completely open and honest. Very...

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27 May 2014

“It’s not about you joggers who go round and round and round”

Tonight’s challenge was a 5-minute warm-up jog, 30-minute threshold run and 10-minute cooldown. I needed to find somewhere relatively flat for this, so I decided to go track running. Because of my Uni gym membership, I have free access. I’ve never used it before, so I thought I might as well take advantage of it. It also had the benefit...

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26 May 2014

Liebster love

Wow! It’s another two Liebster nominations, this time from Amanda at A Year in the Life and Cassandra at Powered by Bling – THANK YOU! The Liebster Award rules For those of you who haven’t heard of this award, it’s an award given by bloggers to bloggers. It was created to recognise relatively new blogs or those with <2000 followers....

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26 May 2014

26th May – didn’t quite TWIET

I’d intended to TWIET on 26th May, and got as far as taking all of the photos, but for some reason, none of my tweets was sent, so here for your delectation are my meals for that date: Breakfast: 30g porridge oats and some dried pineapple Lunch: 5 cherry tomatoes, 4 radishes, 5 slices of cucumber, 2 carrots, some sad...

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23 May 2014

2x5k time trials

My challenge was to do two 5km time trials. I had to do a 10-15 minute warm-up and then do the time trials. Ideally, I needed to find somewhere away from cars or traffic lights. The alternative option was to do the time trials at home on my turbo trainer. However, I need to work on my confidence and bike...

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21 May 2014

More SOAS kit and Stuart is a winner!

I’ve been so busy with work (and am still struggling with pain in my right arm/shoulder) that I’ve not managed to blog as much as I’d hoped this week. There’s a massive sale on right now on the SOAS website, with items reduced by 30% or 40%. If you’re built a little more solidly then you might find something that...

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19 May 2014

Finally back to some training

On Saturday morning, I volunteered at parkrun as I’m still not ready to run again, but later on, I decided to risk getting back on my bike. Teri was kind enough to be my escort for a sedate ride. We covered about 10 miles in an hour, so I definitely wasn’t fast, but at least I was back on my...

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16 May 2014

Injuries – 1; First week of Challenge Weymouth training schedule – 0

I was meant to start the first week of my first half iron distance triathlon training schedule this week, but I’m still struggling with arm pain and my swollen knee doesn’t seem to be deflating, so I’m already behind schedule. I should have been doing an hour on my turbo trainer yesterday, which might have been manageable, but my bike...

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16 May 2014

It’s not all about the bling…

My next guest blogger is the local photographic legend, ‘biggest loser’ and blinged up runner Jules Porter. Jules Porter’s blog Introduction My name is Julian and my friends call me Jules. I am a 51-year-old photographer and I am a type 2 diabetic which means I need to stay fit and healthy to maintain my weight and the more I...

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13 May 2014

Running on Clean

Woohoo! Nicola at Running on Clean has nominated me for the Liebster Award. Thank you, Nicola! Please check out her blog where she posts about health and fitness. Nicola is a fellow Girls Gone Sporty Ambassador and member of #TeamStellar! What is a Liebster Award? It is basically a form of recognition from fellow bloggers. Once you have been nominated you...

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