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When starting a new exercise routine, or upping your current level of fitness, you may experience moments where your body feels like a truck ran it over. You know, you roll over in bed – or you try to – and literally nose to toes is aching.  Are you broken? Should you stop all training […]

This will be my third Ironman race, and potentially my hardest.  It’s not ranked as one of the “toughies” but the journey I’ve got coming up makes it feel like more of a challenge!    Next week my 36 week training plan gets under way. Since my last Ironman I have had a serious back […]

Even when you’re working flat out, it’s good to be able to help others…. A pro athlete is reponsible for all their own training costs, travel, coaching, kit etc.  When you’re a triathlete, that’s 3 sports worth, and the lighter and faster the kit – the more expensive. One of the fastest growing sports in […]

Even after approximately 11 months of hard training, coached by the amazing Steven Lord of Everyday Training, I was still nervous! Lanzarote weather had been peaking at 40 degrees during the week, so packing involved as much ‘cooling’ and compression wear as possible. Multiple Ironman Simon Jackson, World Champion Double Ironman Paul Thompson, and little […]