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Seek your limits and you will find them
Imagine training for months, maybe years, with the goal of finishing an Ironman triathlon and then after swimming 3.8km, cycling 180km, and running 42km you miss the cut off by 56 seconds. Would you be [...]
Overtraining or the menopause
It was great to see Louise Minchin (Fellow GBR AG Triathlete) taking on the feature theme: ‘Wake up to the Menopause’ on BBC Breakfast(May 12-17th 2019) and for her to share personal experiences of the [...]
The Peri-Menopausal Triathlete – Blog 2 – A force to be reckoned with!
Firstly, after my initial embarrassment of getting my first blog out there and ‘outing’ myself in the bargain, I’m actually relieved to have brought this tricky subject back into the spotlight. I say back because [...]
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How to be consistent
Judging by some of the responses to a recent Facebook post, (In 2018, how many days of 'planned' training have you missed due to injury or illness? consistency of training is a big limiter for [...]
The Peri-Menopausal Triathlete
I’m starting a blog about my experiences with ‘the change of life’. Why? Partly, because it’s a form of personal therapy, a bit of self- coaching to help me in my quest to be the [...]
Common Traits of athletes who qualify for Kona
In the last 25 years, I’ve probably coached and worked with around 50 athletes who have qualified to race at Hawaii Ironman World Championships. Whilst each of these athletes have followed a slightly different path [...]