So after a relaxing holiday in Dubai, drinking copious amounts of champagne and eating lots of really good food in some of the best restaurants in Dubai, I return home. After having a conversation with my coach we decide before writing Kona off for the year to have another go. I’m left with two options: …
Race day dawns. In the dark at 4.30am. I stagger out of my comfy bed realising it’s D Day. I love the mornings of race day. I think to myself, ‘the page is totally blank now and today the story will be written. I wonder how it will read tonight’. The hotel puts on a …
So I arrived in South Africa 4 days before race day. I must say that before flying out with the tendonitis problem, I’d felt quite depressed. I had worked so hard out in Spain over the winter months and everything had been going great and then these things just happen. On a 120k bike ride …
Just before going to camp I realised I was having a pain in my right foot on the outside half way down, when I ran. As most of us do at the beginning, I ignored it and thought ‘it’ll go away’. Well it didn’t. It got worse and at training camp I kept it to …
Cos this is what you need to wear when busting your ass for 40 minutes up the side of a mountain.
Day One 6.30am Up, wetsuit on 7am Sea Swim while the sun comes up 8am Breakfast, then Bike. 81km, 1000m ascent : Over the vineyards and today we did the El Golfo loop which is a 10 mile TT to get our times for the handicapped TT later in the week. Run – 30 min …
Day One 6.30am Up, wetsuit on 7am Sea Swim while the sun comes up 8am Breakfast, then Bike. 81km, 1000m ascent : Over the vineyards and today we did the El Golfo loop which is a 10 mile TT to get our times for the handicapped TT later in the week. Run – 30 min 6km …
Mia Casa Arcos My temporary home Arcos My lovely pool Separate beds Ubrique Bike routeRun route After arriving here on 28th December with my cat and my P5, I can honestly say I’ve never worked harder. My coach Darren Jenkins from Nevagivin Training sets my program and at times I thought he’d gone a bit mental. I think if you can …
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