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I found myself on Saturday night cycling from Devon to Somerset to work 23 miles. Working all night and then in the morning at 0630 setting off for a road trip to Surrey to visit my brother at a location not too far from Dorking. The sun ...
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Hello from a newly wed!!! Yes she turned up and didn't have the jitters or a better offer!
I know this is a tri blog, but feel putting things about my personal life and family are as important, if not more important, as without the support...
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A brief, one-off, lifestyle choices rant if I may. Incited by the latest from insecure-neurotic-food-issues-huge-sense-of-personal-inadequacy-colleague-number-one.
Fine. Plenty of people around with said issues, we’ve all got them in var...
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With Blenheim looming just 4 weeks away, I thought I'd best get myself down to a lake to dip my toe in the water. I have never been great at swimming where I can't see the bottom - it freaks me out and I imagine all sorts of lake/river mon...
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It's time for the TriBlogs Summer Competition and we have some fantastic prizes to give away this month courtesy of blueseventy. To enter this free competition visit our new Facebook Competition page and see below for more details about t...
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Training has not been going well!
It all started so well. I was based in the office for the week so managed to fit in two swims and two runs. Saturday was my birthday and despite the pouring rain we trekked into London for lunch at the R...
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So, first time I've written a blog post for a very long time. Things did go off the rails a little in the off season, especially around Christmas time. However after a stern talking to from my better half the end of January saw me return t...
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Told you I was a Poster Boy!
The agency I work for, Jack Morton, have chosen Marie Curie to be our chosen charity for the year. With the agency behind it, I figured that I should step forward and use Challenge Roth as a fundraising opport...
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Basketball is my new new sport in that I look like I am hiding the ball under my shirt.
Image sourced from Cafe Press http://www.cafepress.com/mf/45291338/funny-basketball-belly-print_maternity
My bump is getting bigger and ...
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A very nice route to run around a lake in the heart of the Romanian capital ...
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I'm back! Realised that I need to feel mentally strong to muster the motivation to train...Havent worked out yet how to switch it on when I need it, but having had a mental spring clean and a lot of head-stuff bagged and off to the charity...
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So I've been thinking for a while that I'm being rather lazy and not getting out enough, but with 3 hours in the car on top of 8.5 hours in the office I'm fast running out of hours in the day once my 4 year old son is bathed and put to bed ...
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Time for a product review - and this ones a bit of an exclusive!
For a month now my knee has been improving and Ive been able to go out on a few runs and do a few sessions on the treadmill. The shoes I have been doing this in are my sup...
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Sunday was my first ever triathlon. Nervous, yes. Feeling sick, yes. Biggest worries (amongst many): transitions, setting everything up, getting a puncture, the swim. Having only learnt how to swim properly 18 months ago, the swim is alway...
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Well, I don't know about the rest of my body, but at least my toes are race ready - in glorious club colours too!....
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Another day, another qualifier. Today it was the Box End Aquathon in Bedford, qualifier for the World Aquathon Championships in Hyde Park, same week as the World Triathlon Championship. Preparation was not ideal with the lakes not yet being...
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Ok, so todays lunch time dilemma. Should I go to KFC or do my run at lunch time.
KFC it is then. dirty food....mmmmm.
.........its ok, I went for my run when I got home after work. ...
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"Just like that" the weeks are rolling on, This is probably the last blog before the summer Tri season starts here in the UK. Like a good number of others the early season training has not been helpped by the great British weather, at least...
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Planning the next four weeks of my training with my coach Andy, it suddenly dawned on me that my first triathlon race of the 2013 season is exactly 4 weeks away! It also occurs to me that for the first time ever I won’t need to worry abou...
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I planned to head out to Richmond Park for a bike/run brick session on Saturday. It struck me this is what most of my Saturdays look like this time of year...
8.30am Struggle to wake up. Only got myself to blame as I stayed up until 2.3...
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I currently feel very upset I have come to the bitter realisation that I won't be able to run Belfast Marathon.
My shoulder is no better, even with physio and I find run/walk unbearable with the pain. It doesn't help that I have a ner...
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Following my blog post from race day two days ago titled "The good, the bad and the ugly" (see http://katiejsynge.weebly.com/blogspot.html), I thought my cut and blistered feet were as ugly as it got. Until Tuesday, on Tuesday it got a who...
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