Tag: progress

17 December 2015

Revisiting my goals for 2015

At the end of December 2014, I set out my goals for 2015, so I thought it was time for me to revisit them. Goal 1: I am going to eat healthy food for 20/21 meals and assess my progress at the end of 100 days (14th April). I hope that I will lose 14lbs (6.5kg) in that time. I...

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30 November 2015

How do you deal with the off-season slump?

I’ll be honest that I’ve been in a bit of a slump recently. I spent the first half of the year building up to Ironman Dublin 70.3 in August and the Scilly Swim Challenge in September and those events were immediately followed by the Tour de Y. I then realised that I was at the top of my tri club’s...

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23 September 2014

18 months into my 5 year challenge… what have I achieved?

18 months ago, I laid out my plans. A year ago, I reported back on my progress. So it’s now time to check up on whether I’ve made any progress in the last year. Here’s a recap of my goals. Year Swimming Cycling Running Triathlon 2013 800m swim 42k cycletta or 82k Marathon Novice – Newbury 2014 1600m swim 63-mile...

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10 September 2013

Where am I now? Assessing my progress.

Just over five months ago, I came up with a basic five year strategy: http://fatgirltoironman.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/failure-to-plan-is-like-planning-to-fail/ Year Swimming Cycling Running Triathlon 2013 800m swim √ 42k cycletta or 82k Marathon Novice – Newbury 2014 1600m swim 63 mile sportive (IoW) Marathon Sprint 2015 2k swim 86 mile sportive Marathon Olympic 2016 3k swim 100 mile sportive Marathon Half Ironman 2017 4k...

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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.