Fat Girl to Ironman

17 March 2014

Happy

Happy St. Patrick’s day! The IDEAfit photo a day image for March 17th is ‘Happy’. I’ve chosen a picture of my brother and his son having fun in their dinosaur onesies!   It was LRR training tonight. I was all prepared to go to swimming afterwards, or so I thought… but I realised that I had forgotten to pick up...

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16 March 2014

Massive PB! Winchester Duathlon

Winchester Duathlon was my first multisport event last year, so I was excited about returning to the event. My primary goal as to get a PB, with a second goal of finishing in under 2 hours. We got up early and had plenty of time to set up in transition, although some people had arrived far earlier than us. Fortunately,...

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15 March 2014

Woohoo – I’m now a Breeze Champion!

Today is all about cycling – RideLondon, Breeze and some online articles. RideLondon A little while ago, I found out that I didn’t get a place in Ride London, which was disappointing. However, I think I’ve already overcommitted myself this year, so I’m not too upset! Breeze Ride Leader course Anyway, as I said I’ve been trying to cut back...

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14 March 2014

Beautiful

It’s a short post for today. My IDEAfit photo a day image has the tag ‘beautiful’: It’s a picture of my beautiful sister, Bryony, and her partner, Jonno. I don’t see her very often as she lives in Australia. I don’t think we look similar, but some people say we do. What do you think?

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13 March 2014

Turn your can’ts into cans and your dreams into plans.

March 13th 2014 Here is today’s IDEAfit photo a day image: The theme was success, so I’ve chosen a photo from a year ago – it was taken after Kirsty and I had completed Paris Marathon. How do you define success? I’m currently going for tiny goals as they are so much more attainable than aiming too high and then...

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11 March 2014

My SwirlGear is here!

I was so excited to receive a SwirlGear parcel from the States: As soon as I opened it, I could see that the items were beautifully packaged. The parcel included a hoodie and a t-shirt for me and a t-shirt for Teri. I’ve now worn the t-shirt for several workouts and can confirm that it is very cool and comfortable...

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10 March 2014

Be yourself – everyone else is taken!

Here is today’s IDEAfit photo a day image – yet again, it’s a recycled one as it’s meant to be a workout selfie and I don’t take many of those! I LOVE today’s motivational quote: It was a usual Monday with LRR training and swimming with the Tri Club. However, there were a few problems with cycling to work. After...

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9 March 2014

No water on the hottest run of the year :-(

I wasn’t sure how I felt about doing Salisbury 10 mile. Two years ago, it was held on an incredibly hot day. I got a 5k PB, but then had to ask Irene to leave me as I was overheating. At the five-mile drinks station, I stopped and had three cups of water, which meant that the marshals told me...

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8 March 2014

Ideafit Photo A Day Challenge

Apologies – I’ve been so busy with work this month that I’ve got lots of part-written blog posts and very few completed posts… you might find things are appearing out of order. I originally started writing this post on 8th March!!! Ok, so as we all know, I’ve been really slack about blogging recently, so I’ve been looking for ways...

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2 March 2014

Weekend round up

It’s been another hectic weekend, where I’ve managed to cram in an awful lot and have no idea how I’ve managed it. I’ll try to keep this post briefer than the last one, but brevity is not my forte! The Triathlon Show was a great way to start my weekend. Triathlon Show A while back, I answered a Triathlon Industry...

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