^ A classic ‘over-sharer’, in her element. “Oh this? Just a totally candid photo of me out running…” Guilty. With three sports to master and more training hours than I’ve got clean pants, triathlon provides ample opportunity to break one unspoken rule or another. Whether you’re prone to turning transition into your own personal Floordrobe Read more

Triathletes. Complex beasts with complex concerns. If we’re not obsessing over Strava stats, we’re inexplicably smothering ourselves in gunk like an oversized Christmas goose and squeezing into some sort of neoprene number to go battling it out with the lake weeds. The list of (really not that dreadful) struggles is endless, but here’s my favourite Read more

I’ve come to realise that, when a new Ironman training plan from my coach drops into my inbox, there will always be a moment where I wonder how the hell I’m going to tackle all these sessions. Shortly followed by a moment where I begin to wonder if my coach is trying to kill me. Read more

Nobody panic, but this time next week we’ll all be nursing our Christmas dinner food babies and falling asleep head first in the Quality Street tin. If, like me, you like to add a sense of urgency to your Christmas shopping by leaving it all to the final hour you may still be scratching your Read more

It’s safe to say that off-season has been somewhat tumultuous. October saw a series of events that brought stress, grief and anxiety in equal measures. Structured training flew out of the window, running simply became a form of therapy and the focus was to just keep going. I was more or less ready to grow Read more