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Category Archives: Race reports
Ironman 70.3 Dublin race report, August 2016
I entered this race because all my friends seemed to be doing it…. which seems like a bad reason at first glance, but over the years I have learnt that racing needs to be fun as well as hard! I’d also … Continue reading
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Tagged Bike, coffee, dublin, Food, Half Ironman, half marathon, Hills, Ironman, Ironman Triathlon, Ironman UK, race, racing, recovery, run, Sea swimming, swim, Swimming, training, training camp, Triathlon, women's sport
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Kona Part 3: after the race
We were very lucky to have both scraped together enough time away from work to stay in Hawaii for an extra week after the race. The first couple of days were spent recovering: we were both exhausted. Two days after … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, coffee, Hawaii, Hawaii Island, holiday, Invisible cows, Kailua-Kona, Kona, Kona coffee, lava, Travel and Tourism, United States, volcano
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Kona baby! Part 1: How not to prepare for World Championships
Having qualified against all odds at IMUK, I didn’t have long to pick myself back up before Kona. As well as a perfectly-timed and remarkably persistent chest infection, I’d had a niggling stress response in my foot ever since Bolton … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, Bike, Bolton, coffee, Hawaii, Hawaii Island, Ironman, Kona, October, run, Sea swimming, stash, swim, TT bike, United States, World Championships
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Ironman 70.3 World Championships, Vegas, 8 Sep 2013
Having qualified for Vegas to great excitement a full year earlier, by the time the race rolled round it had become an almost unwelcome distraction from preparing for Kona. I was exhausted after a long season and was trying to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bike, Garmin, Half Ironman, injury, Ironman UK, Las Vegas, National Park, Nevada, Pop Tarts, run, swim, United States, Virgin Atlantic, World Championships
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Ironman UK race report, 4 Aug 2013
This was rapidly rebadged as my A race of the 2013 season following a nightmare race in Texas back in May. I was desperate to see how fast I could go and whether I could get my hands on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bike, Bolton, coffee, Hawaii, Hills, Ironman Triathlon, Ironman UK, Kona, Road bicycle, run, Swimming, Winning
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Galway Ironman 70.3 triathlon
Galway 70.3, 2nd Sept 2012: My first triathlon, and the most positive sporting experience I had in 2012 by a factor of lots I entered this race to give me something to pull myself out of the pit of sadness … Continue reading
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Tagged Food, Ironman Triathlon, novice, Rowing, Sea swimming, Soda bread, Sports, Swimming, Triathlon, World Championships
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