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Talking about marathons 8 Aug 2013 | 04:02 pm
If you don't already listen to the Marathon Talk podcast you should. And you should definitely listen to this week's show. BECAUSE I'M ON IT! Martin and Tom invited me on to talk about my experience ...
What I think about when I think about swimming 7 Aug 2013 | 02:53 pm
What do you think about when you think about swimming? For a long time I thought of damp changing rooms, wet hair on a cold walk home from the pool and soggy towels in my bag. I thought about the sti...
Ride London (Or my 100 mile picnic) 6 Aug 2013 | 03:54 pm
I'm against picnics. I don't see the point of preparing food and then carting it a few miles to a local park to consume it by which time it will be warm instead of cold or cold instead of hot and tast...
Cycling with a little help from my friends 29 Jul 2013 | 04:45 pm
There's no honour in not training for an event. In turning up at the start and saying to anyone and everyone within earshot, whether they want to listen or not, that "I've not done any training." In n...
Not enough room to ride a bike 17 Jul 2013 | 01:56 pm
Imagine yourself driving to work and there's some idiot driving a meter from your back wheels. They keep trying to overtake you but you know the road is too narrow for them to do this safely. Imagine ...
Lazy Girl Vs Yoga 11 Jul 2013 | 12:00 pm
It was a hot evening in Siem Reap, Cambodia when I first went to a yoga class that I enjoyed. I'd met a girl from Liverpool the day before in the middle of Ankor Wat. That evening we made a pilgrimage...
Ride 100 preparations 4 Jul 2013 | 02:17 pm
"No special preparation is needed", those are the words of Don Fink, Ironman triathlon training guru in reference to 100 mile cycle rides. I've taken those words to heart. Perhaps a little too much. ...
Helping people run 28 Jun 2013 | 12:00 pm
When I started running five years ago it was hard and definitely wasn't something I'd call fun. But I carried on doing it because there was an image in the back of my mind of me running barefoot down ...
How I FINALLY got a place in the London Marathon 27 Jun 2013 | 12:00 pm
It’s more than four years since I began trying to get a spot in the London Marathon. I’d grown up watching the race every year on TV, so now that I was living in London and I was actually a real runne...
Marlow Olympic Triathlon: Somebody has to come last 24 Jun 2013 | 06:34 pm
There are several benefits to being a slow triathlete. For starters you don't have to worry about storming in and out of transition and getting on your bike the wrong way round. Taking your time to si...
