• New 5k PB ๐Ÿ™‚

    Had a go at running a 5k this weekend to see what my flat out time would be. This I guess I can then use when people say “run at your 5k pace”… Anyway, had a great suggestion to use a park run so that I had some people to chase. Very pleased that I…

  • Four ways to get it wrong!

    Found an interesting article on the triathlon magazine website which made me smile but also nod in a “yes… I do that” kind of way!

  • New Bike Day! But with a final sting ๐Ÿ™

    For those of you that have been following the saga, you may have wondered if I was going to write about the trials and tribulations of buying a bicycle. Indeed I am, but just wanted to get to the end of the story, with a bike I plan to keep, before recounting the journey…. Today…

  • Supplements? Really??

    I must admit that I bought into the “Supplement Marketing Machine” too. You know that uber expensive tub of Protein supplement for ยฃ48 that you imagine is going to rock your body’s protein needs… Just by chance I happened to check where today’s protein had come from in my diet, and I was amazed! Nothing…

  • The mud, the tears and the cupcakes…

    Having run a whopping THREE cross countries I can hardly class myself as a ‘vet’ or any form of expert. But it has given me a taster and I think I ‘get it’ now. If you are thinking of giving it a go then this is what I made of it…

  • Sunday Night Training Ramble…

    The end of week three, 11.5 hours of training and the end of my first block (next week is a ‘rest’ week allegedly!). Tiniest amount of progress and super unimpressed…

  • Thinking of venturing in the dark side of three way fun? ๐Ÿ˜‰

    Blatant sexism reallyโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ˜ก But putting that to one side