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8 October 2014

Embrace Sports 08/10/14 Track and monument coastal run.

Wednesday 8th October I was quite excited about what was planned for Wednesday morning as I enjoy track sessions. It had been raining heavily, but by the time we arrived at the track, the sun had come out and it was starting to dry up. Neil briefed all of us about what the session was going to be. Then we...

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7 October 2014

Embrace Sports 07/10/14 Hell on the hills.

Tuesday morning meant ‘hell on the hills’. 9.6km isn’t a long run, but when you realise that all of it was either uphill or downhill then you know what a challenge that is. Fortunately, it was a bit overcast, so it wasn’t as hot as it had been on some other days. I’ve done this session before, but my last...

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6 October 2014

Embrace Sports 06/10/14 Portimao boardwalk reps

Monday 6th October This morning, we headed out to Portimao for some boardwalk reps. Stu and I have visited Portimao before, but the session that we did last time was a pyramid sessions (200m, 400m, 800m and then reversed). We started out with a group warm up jog around the marina, which is a lovely location. Then we had a...

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5 October 2014

Embrace Sports Woodland trail run and beach recovery run

I was looking forward to the woodland trail run. I’d done it twice previously and was determined to beat my pace from my previous attempts. The first time I did the woodland trail run, I fell quite badly on my first lap and the second time I did it, I thought I’d paced it well and then found out afterwards...

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4 October 2014

Embrace Sports 04/10/14 Arrival at ‘party camp’.

Saturday 4th October We got up early to catch our flight and had the usual curious glances and questions from other travellers who were intrigued by our ‘large suitcases’. After we had checked in, we had a bit of time to wait before our flight, so we went in search of breakfast, and some water for the flight. When we...

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8 May 2014

Day 8 of Pyrenees Tri Camp with Embrace Sports

It was sad that it was the last day of our holiday. I was also feeling exhausted through the exercise and lack of sleep. I felt a strange mix of not wanting the holiday to end combined with a desire to curl up in my own bed and sleep for a week. The final activity was a lake swim. I...

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7 May 2014

Day 7 of Pyrenees Tri Camp with Embrace Sports

Wednesday was the final big day of our holiday with a long and difficult bike ride up Col de Peyresourde planned. I was feeling incredibly nervous about the day as I hadn’t spoken to the coaches and had no idea what the plan was. I kept trying to tell myself not to worry and that there would be a plan....

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6 May 2014

Day 6 of Pyrenees Tri Camp with Embrace Sports

Tuesday started with a ‘fun’ aquathlon. Before my injuries, I had hoped that I might not be last or at least that I might not be last out of the water and that this would spur me on to run as hard as possible, but my painful arm put paid to that. Originally, the aquathlon was going to be a...

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5 May 2014

Day 5 of Pyrenees Tri Camp with Embrace Sports

Day five had been labelled as ‘Mystery Monday’ – essentially it was a chance to change plan according to the weather, so it was decided that we would tackle Col D’Aspin. The day started with a clear sky, so I was keen to get my trainers on. Unfortunately, I was struggling to run because of my bruised leg and the...

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4 May 2014

Day 4 of Pyrenees Tri Camp with Embrace Sports – the day when I crashed my bike

Day 4 started with a swim in the lake. We started off with some drills: crocodile eyes sighting raised head sighting for when there are waves turn onto back to view others 90 degree turns The image below shows us practising turning around some markers (Graeme and Alan). Unfortunately, the continuing pain in my arm/shoulder meant that I found it...

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