Fat Girl to Ironman

22 March 2013

Swimming fail

‘So how did you get on in your 400m time trial?’, I can hear you asking. Sadly, the answer is that I failed. I could try to put a different spin on this, but it didn’t happen. I did some of the necessary planning (made my lunch and prepared breakfast last night) and got as far as finding a clean...

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21 March 2013

90-96 is the magic number

🙁 I had just about psyched myself up to enter Ferndown tri when my husband delivered some bad news… he is unable to accompany me as he has won a place in Bournemouth marathon, which is on the same day. I’m a little disappointed as I had hoped we could enter the event together and I had also suggested that...

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20 March 2013

Should I enter Ferndown try a tri?

Wow, my glutes hurt today! I think it must have been the hopping that we did at RunCamp yesterday. Owwwww. It aches to move. Anyway, despite the pain, I battled on this morning and managed to get myself to the pool for another morning swim session. I practised doing lengths of various strokes, and timed myself for a few of...

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19 March 2013

Wetsuit!

ABSOLUTELY GUTTED!I organised my possessions into my panniers as best I could before leaving work yesterday, so that there would be plenty of room for my new wetsuit in its box. I cycled across town to the Post Office, but when I got there the door was closed. It looked strangely abandoned, so I wondered whether it had been relocated...

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18 March 2013

So excited about this week

I have decided that I need to blog little and often to keep on top of things, and am trying to start that way today. Hopefully, this will also generate more discussion around my blog posts. Neoprene! The first challenge that I had today was whether to go to the Post Office before work. I ‘accidentally’ ordered a wetsuit on...

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17 March 2013

Swimming with the fishes…

One day, I will manage to go to a swimming lesson and not feel exhausted before I start, but today is not that day, and it won’t be next week either (Eastleigh 10k)! Fortunately, all of my training this week has paid off as the instructor and my two fellow students commented that all of my strokes were looking better....

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17 March 2013

Winchester Duathlon

I went to bed at 9pm last night and switched out the light at 10. I was conscious that I had to get up at 4:45pm to get to Winchester Duathlon on time. Unfortunately, I get so nervous that I won’t wake up on time, that I barely slept. As soon as the alarm went off, I leapt out of...

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17 March 2013

Building up to my first multi-sport event

Earlier, I wrote a long and detailed post about my training this week, but WordPress ate it and I don’t feel inclined to write it all again, so I’m just going to do a quick summary: I managed to get in some good swimming sessions this week and think I’ve now worked out how to time my breathing so that...

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17 March 2013

Salisbury 10 Mile

At the moment, I’m really struggling to find time to write this blog, but maybe that’s a good thing as it means that I’m busy organising my life and training. The key event for me at the weekend was Salisbury 10 – a local 10 mile race that is part of the Hampshire Road Race League. 10 miles is the...

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4 March 2013

Heartbreak and my first swimming lesson

Well, it’s been a few days since I last posted as I’ve been so busy. Heartbreak Half The big event on my birthday was the Heartbreak Half – a 14 mile race out in the New Forest that is known for its steep hills. The course had been altered slightly from last year’s route, but that didn’t make it any...

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