Fat Girl to Ironman

23 February 2013

Celebrating my last day of being 34 at parkrun

I got to bed early last night and woke up feeling refreshed this morning. I had my usual porridge for breakfast and got dressed for parkrun. As it would be Kirsty’s 50th run, I decided to wear my parkrun 50 club t-shirt to help motivate her. I then had to decide which shoes to wear. Having worn ‘my’ Brooks Cadence...

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23 February 2013

Rest day or laziness?

.After two late nights in a row, I really didn’t want to get out of bed on Wednesday morning. My legs were feeling really tired. I was concerned by the size of our laundry pile and the general untidiness of the house. Another issue was the fact that I hadn’t got all of my stuff (lunch, clothes etc.) ready on...

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19 February 2013

34 years and 360 days…

It was so hard to get out of bed this morning to go to Run Camp. I really wanted to have a lie in, but I also knew that it was the day of our time trial, so I forced myself to get up. If I’m ever going to fit in Ironman training, I’m going to have to give up...

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18 February 2013

Chocolate brownie porridge

I’ve prepared one of my favourite porridges for breakfast tomorrow: chocolate brownie porridge. It’s a very simple recipe. It can be prepared in advance if you’re time-pressed in the morning. Ingredients 30g porridge oats 10g walnut halves 1 tsp cocoa powder chopped dates or raisins water How to make chocolate brownie porridge Place the ingredients into a microwavable bowl. Microwave...

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18 February 2013

Run Leading… on a bike

This evening I tried Run Leading on a bike for the first time. I thought it would be sensible to give my legs a break after yesterday’s 23 miles. It was actually quite an enjoyable experience. The hill on Southampton Common that I absolutely hate when I’m doing parkrun is much more manageable on a bike going at a runner’s...

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18 February 2013

So how did Bramley go?

As Bramley 20 didn’t start until 10:30am, I was able to get up relatively late for a race day. This was good as I didn’t get to bed until 11:30pm the night before, which is very late for me. I decided to have porridge for breakfast but ran out of time to make carrot cake porridge. In the end,  I...

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16 February 2013

Carrot cake porridge recipe

Carrot cake porridge is my favourite pre-race breakfast. It tastes delicious and gives me plenty of energy, so I thought I’d share my recipe with you: 30g porridge oats 1 finely grated carrot 1 coarsely grated apple lots of cinnamon pinch of nutmeg pinch of ground ginger 10g ground almonds 15g walnuts 10g sultanas or raisins vanilla extract agave nectar...

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16 February 2013

Preparation for Bramley 20

Well, it feels like it’s been a bit of a lazy week. Usually, I go for LRR’s social run on a Thursday evening (often topped and tailed with a return run to Oasis Academy), but I thought I should taper before Bramley 20, so I didn’t run this week. Yesterday, I worked from home, which meant that I didn’t go...

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15 February 2013

Nearly 35

In 9 days time, I will be 35 and I’m dissatisfied with my life. Despite losing weight before my 30th birthday, I’ve put nearly all of it back on and I’m not as fit as I’d like to be, so I’ve decided to set myself a five-year challenge: BY THE TIME I’M 40 I’M GOING TO DO AN IRONMAN TRIATHLON...

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