Triathlons are a demanding sport. People think it’s bonkers enough we have to remember to turn up to a race with THREE sets of kit and THREE sports skills on our persons. But that’s not the real battle in my eyes… It’s the rest of it. Life. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the demands …
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You started out with high hopes. You knew it would be a tough journey, you knew life would be hectic. You knew it would be challenging. But it seems the vision you had in the first place, the one where this path led to joy and freedom and independence, has disappeared very quickly. Instead, you’re …
Strava. That little orange logo…no, the one next to that Zwift one…yeah that one. What happens when you click on it? You clicking on it to see how many cups and crowns you gained on your weekly Sunday mash up? Or checking out what super Simon did on the weekend? Or just seeing what amazing …
We had blue Monday last week apparently. Which means basically everyone fell off the wagon and failed at their crappy resolutions already. But as much as I happily fire away at how crap NY resolutions are, is it the promises and the goals that is the problem, or is it how we deal with setbacks …
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It’s at this time of year when I tend to break out in a cold sweat a lot more than usual. Not just because it’s usually the exact time of year the boiler decides to check out and require urgent and expensive attention, but also because it’s the time of year when people seem to …
Y’all have been queuing to get this stuff in the UK. I hear in the states, there is more abundance of the whacky drink, but either way, people (myself included!) have been asking what all the hype is about! And more importantly, is Prime good for you? It seems there’s a lot of excitement around …
Although I’d like to believe that my entire following listens to the drivel that spills out of my cake hole on the regular, I recognise that temptation is still strong to join the “this year, my life changes” crowd. And I reckon about 50% of you will still be lining up to take on the …
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One of the things that a lot of people it seems are confused about, is weight loss vs fat loss. How are they different? Should you be aiming for one or the other? Is the approach the same or different? When people talk about weight loss, do they even really mean weight loss…? What is …
If you tell anyone, you have a coach for anything, you’ll get one of two responses: Person sniggers and snorts, asks why you need one for that purpose and then just shrugs and says “I’d do it myself.” while simultaneously standing their being totally mediocre in said field of play. “Great! How have they helped …
The only reason I got into running is because I was a cheap ass student and I thought I was getting fat. I’d move away from home. I wanted to lose weight and I was thrust into another environment where I had the usual anxieties: “Will people like me?”“Will I fit in?”“Will people think I’m …
