Some people have told me that my post about losing motivation made it seem like I had been doing zero training. That’s not really the case. Since September I have been swimming, to yoga, strength training, trying out new things (like pilates class), running (including trying the Curve treadmill), to spin class… I have just […]
There seems to be some unwritten rules in the online fitness and healthy living community. Rules like: make sure to post sweaty smiling photos of yourself. Always talk about how you absolutely thrash yourself with each and every training session that you do. Only ever post about the good things – like how you wake […]
Yes. You read the title correctly – my iPhone 5s burnt my boob. Well, not technically my boob. It was actually my chest. In the photo below (a re-enactment) you can see how I *sometimes* place my telephone. I borrowed my trainer Gav’s phone for this photo. My 5s was dead at this point. I […]
This post is one of a series I call “The Paratriathlete Diaries” – in the series I hope to take a regular look at the random things that happen in my life as an athlete with challenges. Any ideas, questions, or suggestions throw them my way. I would like to use this feature as a […]
This post is one of a series I call “The Paratriathlete Diaries” – in the series I hope to take a regular look at the random things that happen in my life as an athlete with challenges. Any ideas, questions, or suggestions throw them my way. I would like to use this feature as a […]
I have participated in the Swimathon since 2010 – it was THE event that showed me that I could do things that once I had never even dreamed. It was my first foray into long distance swimming, and when I logged my first 5k swim that year, I taught myself a very key life lesson: […]
I have participated in the Swimathon since 2010 – it was THE event that showed me that I could do things that once I had never even dreamed. It was my first foray into long distance swimming, and when I logged my first 5k swim that year, I taught myself a very key life lesson: […]
I have been thinking about writing a blog post on language for a while. Some of the images I see floating around in the world of triathlon, the statements I read on Twitter, the motivational images that pop up on my timeline in Instagram and Facebook… They all use language liberally to evoke emotion and […]
I have the worst earworm. You know the camp song “swimming, swimming, in our swimming pool, when days are hot and days are cold, in our swimming pool…” Yeah. That one. Do you have the earworm now too? ~ 1 ~ I finally got back into training last week, and back into the pool. It […]
This post is one of a series I call “The Paratriathlete Diaries” – in the series I hope to take a regular look at the random things that happen in my life as an athlete with challenges. Any ideas, questions, or suggestions throw them my way. I would like to use this feature as a […]