Tag: Australia

19 October 2019

parkrun Tourism Down Under: Shellharbour parkrun

The last time that we stayed with my sister in Wollongong, we did North Wollongong parkrun twice. This time I was determined to do some more parkrun tourism. Glen Turner had told me about Shellharbour parkrun and I’d also read about it on the parkrun blog. The event starts at 8am, so Stu, M and I got up early to...

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13 October 2019

parkrun Tourism Down Under: Cowra parkrun

On the morning of my brother’s wedding, Stuart and I decided to go to Cowra parkrun. I’d tried out Bathurst parkrun the previous week and we did Orange parkrun a couple of years back. As parkrun starts at 8am in New South Wales and it’s about an hour’s drive to Cowra, it was an early start for us. We were...

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6 October 2019

parkrun Tourism Down Under: Bathurst parkrun

The last time I was in Australia, I took part in three parkruns: North Wollongong twice and Orange parkrun. I could have attended the same parkruns this time, but I wanted to take the opportunity to do some parkrun tourism. (Also, it would be depressing to see just how much slower I am than I was two years ago!) Bathurst...

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Hi, I'm Tamsyn!

Triathlete | Blogger | Running Coach & Fitness Instructor

As an overweight couch potato, I decided to turn my life around. I lost over 33lbs/15kg and now love keeping fit and healthy. In February 2013, I set myself a challenge to complete an iron-distance triathlon (2.4 mile/3.8k swim; 112 mile/180k bike; 26.2 mile/42.2k run).

Since starting my triathlon journey, I’ve:

learnt to swim and completed a 17.5km sea swim

bought my first road bike and cycled across Japan

run six marathons.

had a baby.

I’ve not completed an Ironman yet… but I’m getting there.