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Race reports, training adventures and other triathlon-related ramblings

  • 5 Things You Should Never Say to Someone Who's Just Finished an Ironman

    Best approached with caution, the post-Ironman triathlete is a fickle beast. Simultaneously exhausted,  hungry, elated, hungry, relieved and – did I mention hungry? It’s a volatile combination. Play it wrong and you’ll get your head bitten off, or worse – lose 5 hours of your life as they give you a viva voce race report. Read more

  • Ironman Copenhagen Race Report

    Ironman Copenhagen Race Report

    I lay awake in our AirBnB apartment, waiting for the alarm to go off with a whole host of emotions whizzing around my mind. Nerves, fear, excitement. 3:50am finally showed up. Rise and shine – it’s race day! Everything I’d done over the previous 2 years – the hundreds of hours of training, the blood, Read more

  • The Training Diaries: Ironman Copenhagen – The Final Countdown

    “It’s the final countdown! Doo doo doo, doo! Doo doo doo doo doo!” Can you tell I’m excited? It’s t-minus 5 days until I get on the start line at KMD Ironman Copenhagen. This time next week, I should be the proud owner of 1 big shiny Ironman medal, 1 finisher t-shirt and 2 very Read more

  • An Estonian Adventure: AG European Champs Race Report

    The day we set off on our journey to Estonia for the ETU age group European standard distance triathlon championships began, as all good adventures do, with a notification from the Easyjet app. Our flight had been delayed. After a few hours of scampering around Gatwick airport, we eventually got up in the air and Read more

  • 10 Things Nobody Warns You About When You Take Up Triathlon

    It’s Ironman UK this weekend which means it’s almost 3 years to the day since I suddenly developed the urge to spend all my free time getting sweaty in Lycra and refreshing my Strava stats. Triathlon is awesome, but addictive. Before you know it what started off as a metaphorical dipping of your toes in Read more

  • The Training Diaries: Countdown to the European AG Standard Distance Championships

    It’s somehow July already (is it just me or did someone hit fast forward on 2018?) which means I’m officially counting down the days until I fly out to Estonia for the European Age-Group Standard Distance Championships on the 21st. Team kit has been delivered and tried on. A giddy little freak out about my Read more