Fat Girl to Ironman

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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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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