2020 certainly wasn’t the year anyone was expecting! It began with us looking forward to the year ahead with races, challenges, and adventures we had planned, then COVID-19 came along turning the world upside down and back to front; it was as though we had been transported to a parallel...
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Trying to keep ourselves motivated to train in the winter months isn’t easy in normal times but with events being cancelled for the next few months, motivation to keep training is even tougher. Like many of us I’m used to a diary booked up with races or adventures, things to...
Read MoreTalking about the menopause is still a slightly taboo subject, but luckily there are many women out there who are now talking openingly about the struggles they have had or are going through. Louise Machin highlighted the subject on the BBC which I found incredibly interesting and learnt a lot...
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An Introduction to “Sylvia” - my Avail Advanced Pro 1 Many of you will know from my Instagram stories that I generally get very excited about things that happen in my life, however small. So, you can imagine my excitement when I received a message from Liv Cycling UK asking if...
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Over the past 20 years I have been privileged to have had many adventures around the world. Nowadays it’s on two wheels rather than two feet but the adventures still continue. My next one starts in a few days time when I will be cycling the length of the Pacific...
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On the 2nd June I woke up at the usual time, went downstairs, let the dog out, fed her and made HWMBO and me a coffee then headed back upstairs. Usually I’m pretty relaxed but this particular morning my heart rate was high and the feeling of anxiety was through the...
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Over the past few months I have been attempting to master a couple of new skills, at times it’s been tough but I keep plodding on knowing that one day everything will simply fall into place (she says crossing all her fingers) One of those skills is the front crawl. I...
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Happy New Year to one an all! As we start a new year I look back on 2017 with great fondness even though the end of the year didn't quite turn out the way I would have liked, there were so many other things that made it marvellous. The beginning of the...
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I always try with my posts whether on Twitter, FB, Instagram or my blog to remain positive and upbeat, but to be quite honest at the moment I'm feeling far from positive, in fact I feel as though a huge chunk of who and what I am has been ripped...
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