28 September 2013 Need Some Mojo? Need Some Mojo?. This video makes me want to cycle the L’Alpe d’Huez or run an ultra! Thanks for sharing the motivation, Sandra! via Need Some Mojo?. Categories Motivation Comments: 0
27 September 2013 New Forest Marathon Before I tell you about the New Forest Marathon, I’d like to say a big thank you to Sandra from ‘A Promise to Dad‘ for reposting one of my posts. Please go and check out her blog – it’s a great record of her achievements. 😀 I felt strangely calm in the run-up to the start of the New Forest... Categories Running Comments: 6
27 September 2013 Swimming update I’ve managed to haul myself out of bed for the last two Tuesday mornings at 5:30am to go lake swimming. It’s clear that summer is over as the water was freezing cold. I was so grateful that I bought myself a new hat in London: It’s lovely and cosy, but I’m not sure I like the crackling sound as the... Categories Swimming Comments: 2
21 September 2013 Fatgirltoironman is here to stay Well, my post on my blog name generated a lot more discussion than I expected. Thank you to everyone who commented on my blog, or on Facebook. It certainly generated some food for thought. I’ve decided to stick with my blog name. It’s how I’ve branded myself and although I may not be large enough to appear on ‘The Biggest... Categories Nutrition Comments: 6
21 September 2013 Mmmmmm…. massages This has been a week of recovery and preparation. After last week’s challenges: I decided that I needed to look after myself, so on Tuesday evening, I booked myself in for a well-earned massage with Renee. Massages from Renee and Pete Renee is currently training to be a masseur, so the massage was beneficial for both of us. She got... Categories Uncategorized Comments: 0
21 September 2013 5 miles – Overton and Victory I’ve been feeling a bit tired recently, so I decided not to do parkrun before Overton this year. In 2011, I did parkrun in the morning and got a PB before doing Overton in the afternoon. It was also kind of a PB as it was my first ever 5-mile race. Overton is an unusual race in that it is... Categories Running Comments: 0
10 September 2013 Where am I now? Assessing my progress. Just over five months ago, I came up with a basic five year strategy: http://fatgirltoironman.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/failure-to-plan-is-like-planning-to-fail/ Year Swimming Cycling Running Triathlon 2013 800m swim √ 42k cycletta or 82k Marathon Novice – Newbury 2014 1600m swim 63 mile sportive (IoW) Marathon Sprint 2015 2k swim 86 mile sportive Marathon Olympic 2016 3k swim 100 mile sportive Marathon Half Ironman 2017 4k... Categories Cycling/Running/Swimming Comment: 1
9 September 2013 Fat boy to Ironman… and a bit of shopping Thanks to Amazon, I today learned that there is a book called ‘Fatboy to Ironman‘. It’s only available in Kindle edition, but it may be interesting to take a look at it. I didn’t know it existed until today (just in case you were wondering whether I had plagiarised it to come up with a name for my blog!) My... Categories Kit Comments: 0
6 September 2013 Swimming, cycling and running in Cornwall Are you sitting comfortably? This could be a long post! I booked two weeks off work to go home to Cornwall and see my sister and her boyfriend who are over from Australia. The weather was gorgeous so I managed to get some swim bike run love in although I probably should have done some more running. I also caught... Categories Cycling/Running/Swimming Comments: 10
12 August 2013 Should I change my name? No, not ‘Tamsyn‘ – I like that one – thanks, mum and dad! One issue that I’d like to blog about today is the title of my blog (‘Fat Girl to Ironman’, in case you’d forgotten). A couple of my lovely friends (who are much slimmer than me) – yes, that’s you Irene and Ellie – have suggested that they... Categories Nutrition/Running Comments: 12
