THE ARCHIVE / 2012—NOW
Race reports, hard lessons, deep water and the occasional good decision.
01While I don’t usually like writing a ‘race report’ per se, I wanted to share my experience of Swansea as it is the second year that Ironman held the race and well, I’m 5 months post operation and did not expect to be racing, but I did. If you haven’t read all about my journey
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02Every triathlete looks at ways to improve, it’s why we keep doing this crazy triathlon thing. As triathletes, we spend endless amounts of money trying to get faster, increase our speed and win our age group. Sometimes we just want to finish, but, the amount of money that you can spend on triathlon gear is
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03In July 2019 I had just completed Ironman Austria in Klagenfurt. My stomach had yet another meltdown and I needed to make some changes. After reading Stacy Sims’ book “ROAR” I was inspired to start tracking everything my body was doing, specifically around my menstrual cycle. There is some very good research in this area
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04As we enter into 2023, I had a realization the other day that 2022 marked 10 years of triathlon. My journey of triathlon started with a bet and a Groupon voucher for a race in Silverstone, Colorado. I showed up, had no clue what to do or even what to expect. My father proudly stood
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05This was the Ironman that chose me. In 2019, I raced Ironman Austria en Klagenfurt. After that race I said, ‘Never again.’ My friends, never say never. You can read about the race report from Austria here. I received an email in 2021 from Ironman telling me I had earned an entry into the Ironman
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06I raced my first half Ironman in May 2013 in Haines City, Florida. It was a chance for my mother, stepdad and my bestie to come and see me race. I had just moved to the UK and wanted a warm venue for my first venture into middle distance. The weather did not disappoint. As
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07My last post about about ‘a week in the life’…posted a few months after. My season, at that time, was in full swing. I wanted to go through what the past week was like for me. While it’s the ‘off-season’ for most, I am working on building my base and I already had some good
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08It’s been a good, but long week for me, a major public worldwide event at work. While it was amazing, I’m exhausted. I didn’t have to travel anywhere, but I had to work late hours. Which I really don’t mind, the build up of fatigue is something we often forget about. I wanted to share
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09While I’m usually blogging about triathlon, today I want to discuss one of my other hobbies, scuba diving. Diving in the UK usually requires diving in a dry suit (not always, but trust me, it’s a LOT more comfortable). One of the biggest concerns that many have is about how to deal with the bladder
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10Well, it’s been an interesting few months hasn’t it? Lockdown, no travel, and life altering events across the world. While it’s been a hard time for many, there have been a lot of positives to come out of Covid. In the UK we were fortunate during lockdown in that we could get outside for exercise
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11Last July (2019) my coach, James Winter, recommended I check out this book, ROAR by Stacy Sims. He started to look at my training and think more about tailoring my training to my needs as a female. This is a very new field of research. Women have always been trained like a man or modified
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12It all began with watching my friend Dan Delph race in Louisville, Kentucky. Dan was an extremely strong cyclist and runner. He started the race in the men’s group near the front of the pack. The women’s and older age groups started after. I watched the swimmer’s in the Ohio River, swim upstream then downstream.
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13When you’ve been training all season and have completed your big ‘A race,’ you feel a bit listless. You don’t want to lose your fitness, but going back to training full time is also unappealing. I personally need something post season to look forward to that isn’t 3+ km swims in the pool, 6+ hours
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14I took my first triathlon DNF this season. Pretty much on purpose, but still, my first DNF. I went into my last race knowing that I was doing it for ‘fun’ and that there was no pressure. Which is probably the best way to go into any race. Many people going into a race just
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15It’s been a while since I had completed an Ironman, August 2016 at Iroman Copenhagen to be exact. 2016 was the year of my big accident and I wanted to get back into training. 4 surgeries later and deferring Challenge Roth in 2017 and I had accepted that my body needed more time to heal.
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16Earlier this year I decided to join in on a charity ride with my company to benefit Bowel Cancer UK. Cancer has affected too many around us, and I personally have experienced too many loved ones fight the battle. There will be 12 of us starting from our Microsoft UK Paddington office and cycling all
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17There came a point in my life where I said, ‘I want to do a triathlon, but I’d never do an Ironman, that’s crazy’. Well…here we are, several Ironman’s in. In my first year attempting an Ironman I signed up not for one, but for two. I thought if I trained for one, training for
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18I branched out this year and made an appearance at several duathlons. I really didn’t want to do it, but in speaking to my coach it was the right thing to do for my training. There’s a local venue next door, so I should take advantage of that and get my body tuned up for
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