2 Races and a Funeral

It has been a long time since I wrote on my blog, I have missed it but time and life have caused the major lack of activity! Life has not been great over the past 3 months.  Training was going well pre Christmas, I actually enjoy the cold runs more than the summer (I know …

AquaSphere Kameleon Goggles Review

Price - £9.99 - £10.99 The team at Aqua Sphere have just sent me a new pair of goggles to test as they know I do love their goggles!  As I train in their MP EXCEED on a weekly basis I was a little worried how I may find their latest product as this is …

Garmin 735xt Review

When I was asked to test the new Garmin Forerunner 735XT for a couple of months I jumped at the chance.  It fell perfectly with the beginning of my journey into triathlon and as I own a VivoActive HR and a forerunner 610 personally neither of these were up to the new challenge completely. The …

Beginning to Tri – So i’m now a Triathlete

So i can now honestly say i'm a triathlete, well maybe only a open water sprint distance one but with 2 sprint tri's under my belt i can still be classed as a novice but i did it.  So what have i learnt? It's a great event to get involved in! i have loved trying …

When do you write the season off?

So i'm sat here on the sofa 2 days before my first Open Water race thinking my season is over before it has begun!  After a rubbish start to the year after injuring my back at Bath Half training never really started and I haven't really started beck to running!  Training was slow to begin …

Begining To Tri, Stop my life i want to TRAIN!

I’m not the only person in the world that training seems to be a huge mountain to climb.  Now the training itself is not the issue but finding the time is the issue.  Trying to juggle a busy teaching job my different volunteering roles and a family means that I rarely get quality time to …