The great thing about triathlon is that there are loads of little tweaks you can make to get a PB. Triathlon is great fun and an exciting challenge, especially if you’re a runner (or cyclist or swimmer) who’s met all your goals. The tips below are all things that came to me before, during and…
Best UK Race Listing Sites – Finding your next 5K, 10K, Half Marathon or Ultra…
We know you lot well – you like to spend your weekends running trail races, or swimming lakes, or beating your PBs over 10ks, half marathons and ultras. But how do you find your next challenge? Google brings up over 25 million results when you search for ‘running races UK’. That’s a mind-boggling number…
What To Wear On Your Bike
We’re called Veggie Runners for a reason. We’re good at running. Cycling, not so much but we’re getting there. The soggy-bottomed bike ride has always been the trickiest bit of triathlon for us and we’ve written before about the uncomfortable feeling of being the only woman on the road at times. Thankfully clever Halfords Cycling have…
First Olympic Triathlon – Nailed It!
I completed my first Olympic Distance triathlon – The Cleveland Short Course – last weekend. I had a (mostly) marvellous time and I am so happy I womanned-up and took the plunge. The Practice Swim My main reservation about the triathlon was the open water swim – having not had a chance to ever practice, I…
To Tri and Fail, or not Tri at All?
I am currently contemplating my first ever DNS at a race. This would be a first for me – I’ve had tantrums by the side of the road in a marathon, I’ve nearly been sick during a half, and I’ve slogged myself ragged and missed my target time by 17 measly seconds in a 10K….
Leeds Xpress Triathlon – Review
I’ve always avoided triathlon because it all seemed so complicated and technical. Oh, and really rather difficult. Then I saw the fabulous Brownlee brothers whizzing round the Commonwealth Games and thought, ‘That actually looks quite easy!’ When the first thing that I did at Leeds Xpress Triathlon was put my indelible tattoo on upside down,…
How to Survive Your First Triathlon – Transitions, Wibbly Legs and Soggy Bottoms
It’s official – not only have I caught the triathlon bug, but I’ve press-ganged my little mama and our friend Rose into the madness, too. We’re going to be taking part in the Leeds X-Press Triathlon together in less than two weeks. It’s quite weird being the expert at something out of the three of us….
Triathlon: Done!
I did my first triathlon and I absolutely loved it. I wish I could do it again right away, so I could fix the bits I messed up on and get the same giddy, companionable feeling again. The swim, the bike, the run? All felt within my ability, albeit not super speedy compared to some…
Swim, Bike, Run – I’m doing a triathlon!
Just call me Bibi Brownlee – I’m doing a sprint triathlon THIS SUNDAY. How do I rate my chances? Well… Non Stanford really doesn’t need to be worrying any time soon. Swim It’s a 400m pool swim, which is just 16 lengths, so hopefully I can’t go too far wrong here. As I previously posted,…
Just Keep Swimming
Until about a year ago, the only time I ever went swimming was on holiday. When I was on holiday, I loved it – like in the lake on Vancouver Island in the picture above, the cobalt sea in Croatia, or dips in pools in Greece – but I would forget all about it when I came…