Tag: training

November 5, 2018

Preparing for Southampton MoRun

Southampton MoRun is fast approaching, and I’ll be honest that my preparations have not been ideal thus far. I’ve only done 13 runs over 9km so far in 2018. The last time I ran that far was at Thunder Run in July. My most recent parkruns I had plans to continue my parkrun tourism, but a variety of reasons have meant...

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March 4, 2016

Friday Five – Five ways to deal with illness when you’re training for an event

No-one wants to be ill or injured, but it can be especially frustrating to spend several months training hard for an event and then find that you fall ill. Injuries happen and how you return to training after an injury will depend on its severity and how close to your event you are. A week before we were due to...

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February 21, 2016

#SwoleMates: Why working out with your partner is the best thing ever

I recently answered some questions for the fantastic Laura Farman-Williams, founder of Girls Gone Sporty. I was really excited to end up in her finished article about the benefits of working out with your partner. I’d strongly recommend that you check out the article: #SwoleMates: Why working out with your partner is the best thing ever Do you train with your...

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December 15, 2015

Can you change your triathlon performance in 8 hours?

Chances are you’ve carefully planned your training schedule to help you reach peak performance for your A race, whenever it comes in the season. You may also be working on a nutrition plan so that you are at your optimum weight… and all whilst working and juggling family commitments (and possibly study). For many people this means compromises. For me,...

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August 2, 2015

Tiring training weekend

On Thursday evening, I was excited about trying out my new wetsuit at Lakeside. However, a series of minor disasters (including leaving my phone at work and finding that the building code wouldn’t let me in) meant that I almost didn’t make it. By the time I arrived at the lake at 7pm, it was already getting cooler. It has...

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November 2, 2014

TriHabitat

I recently read about TriHabitat online. It describes itself as “the world’s first and only self-contained endurance sports racing and training venue.” According to the blurb: TriHabitat will contain a specially designed 25-acre spring-fed lake for swimming, a 14-mile paved bike loop, a 6.5 mile paved run loop, and a state-of-the-art permanent transition area featuring individual stations. The venue will...

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June 10, 2014

Tracking and track-ing

Today has been a really beautiful sunny day, so I’ve made the most of it. This morning, I had to cycle down to the Oceanography Centre for work (which was exciting as I got to see some really cool stuff linked with a work project), but the real bonus was that I then had to cycle all of the way...

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May 12, 2014

Oooh – pretty pictures

As I mentioned at the weekend, I’ve decided not to rely on my own slightly crazy planning to get me through Challenge Weymouth. I’ve engaged Ant Gritton as my coach. Using Training Peaks One of the first tasks that Ant set was to import my data from Garmin Connect to Training Peaks. I’m usually pretty good with computers, but this...

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May 3, 2014

Day 3 of Pyrenees Tri Camp with Embrace Sports

There was a slight change to the original schedule. We had already visited the sports shop, so the core class was moved to Saturday. After eating some porridge, some of the group decided to cycle to the lake. I was still injured, so I made the sensible decision to go to the lake in the minibus and I didn’t swim...

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February 15, 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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