Category Archives: Racing
Comrades Marathon… 2011??
This past weekend the Comrades marathon took place in South Africa – this year it was a down run, which is allegedly the more gruelling between the up and down run and tend to work quite hard on your knees and legs (I’m not sure I’d be able to tell the difference after running 89km!!). [...]
Weekend without SwimBikeRun
This will be the first weekend in a while where I don’t have to swim, bike or run. I’m heading out for a girly shopping trip, a night out on the town, and a generally relaxing bit of fun. Before I have to take an exam on Monday morning. This week has been a good [...]
You are an Ironman!
Before When I woke up, I had a bowl of oats, my stomach was feeling very nervous – had a banana and a mug of tea, followed by a mug of coffee and then headed to the beach with my mom in tow. We left the house at 4:45, which was a bit later than [...]
Ironman South Africa
Ironman South Africa takes place on Sunday, 25 April 2010. I’m athlete number 574 – or so the official start list says, and I don’t think it would change before the start. My head already feels like its going to explode with everything I need to remember, but at the moment I’m just scared about [...]
140.6 Reasons to do an Ironman
I’ve seen this popping up over the blogosphere and thought it would be good Karma to spread it around 140.6 Reasons to do an Ironman: 001. Makes everything else seem so SHORT. 002. The 3 week taper before the race. 003. The 4 week recovery after the race. 004. To reach down and find [...]
Snow Snow Snow
Its been snowing for what feels like forever – I left England on December 24th and when there was snow falling and arrived back on January 12th to be greeted by a few inches of snow in our back garden and general mayhem on roads due to the fact that no-one expected this much of [...]
28 Day Challenge – today it starts
With not much happening between now and the end of the year (I only have 2 10K races and one of them are more like an obstacle course), I was looking at something to do for the next few months to keep the motivation going. The chain that our leisure centre belongs to are running [...]
Winter Is Coming
After a weekend of fun and sun, the normal weather has re-appeared and cooled down the whole city of Nottingham. A breeze outside reminds us that winter is coming and that there is nothing we can do about it. Clouds cover the skies and allows the temperatures to fall even more. Once again, nothing that [...]
Just Loving It Right Now
What a week. I ran easy, I biked my heart out and I swam my arms off during T-week. Testing. To see where we are. And this weekend I still have a long bike ride and a 10K race to go with it! After last weekend, this weekend should be a little more quiet – [...]