That's me in the middle. The one nervously wading out into a river at the start of her first ever triathlon. My brain was telling me to turn round, head back to the car park and go home. To run and save myself because this was a stupid idea. I didn't belong here - I [...]
“What training plan have you been using for your half-iron tri? I need a recommendation.” “Training plan. Umm, I haven’t really got one.” “Oh, have you been using a coach?” “No, none of those either.” “Then how do you know how much training to do?” “Well, I haven’t exactly been training either. Not in the [...]
The short answer to this question is 70.3 miles (or 113.13 kilometres if you like your measurements in metric. But I order pints of beer after a race and it therefore makes sense that all units that happen before that point should come in Imperial measurements too). That 70.3 is made up of, in this [...]
Kerri-Anne Payne knows a thing or two about swimming in lakes. She's two-time World 10km Open Water Champion and Olympic silver medalist over the distance. She was kind enough to have a chat with me and offer some swimming advice. I’m not looking forward to winter training in the pool now I’ve discovered the joys [...]
I live in London. It’s one of the best cities in the world to live in. We have pretty much everything here. If I wanted to eat sushi and doughnuts at 1am in the morning, I could probably find somewhere willing to deliver them to my door in less than an hour. If I want [...]
I've entered a lot of races of varying distances over the past five years. But this weekend was a first for me. It was the first time I’d lined up at the start of a women-only event. Luckily the race was a 10k, not a marathon – our periods might have synced by the time [...]
Did you know you can search Google using images? Well you can. I know this thanks to a healthy obsession with the MTV programme 'Catfish'. Bored one afternoon and curious as to where pictures I've posted to my blog over the years might have turned up, I decided to Google them. I started with this [...]
SPONSORED POST "Do I smell?" It's a question I've asked my colleagues in earnest several times this week. I cycle to work every morning, five miles across London with a few hills and near-death experiences thrown in to get the heart rate pumping a bit faster. I shower before I leave my flat because, although [...]
A few weeks I was asked to take part in the What I See project. It brings together a diverse group of interesting women and to answer the question: "What do you see when you look in the mirror?" The responses are all filmed and you can see mine here. And yes, my dress does [...]
A year ago I was puffing away in the shallow end of my local pool trying to find my balance and figure out how to not get water up my nose. Swimming 25 meters of front crawl was still a few weeks away and I watched the proper swimmers with envy thinking I’d never get [...]
