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I think I am allergic to chocolate! Life is over! I came to this realisation while trying to find out why my hay fever is so bad and...

I started out writing this post thinking that it was just going to be a brief recap of my race over the weekend. However, it turns out...

Warning. This post is about chocolate…and then breakfast. At the beginning of the month I had to give myself a good talking to. I was...

Today I went for a run, but Strava doesn’t know that. So if its not on Strava then did it happen? But the whole point of today’s run was...

Forrest showing me up Since starting training again for Kona and Moloolaba, I have noticed that I have been getting really tight muscles....

I haven’t had much to say or update you all with in the last month. Mainly I have just been eating chocolate. That would make a very...

Red bikes are fast… As I past the woman in my age group who was previously in 1st place I thought to myself “I can’t believe it! I’m in...

The (final) countdown is on – T minus 12 days until Ironman New Zealand in Taupo on 5 March. So how do I feel? 1. Exhausted 2. Ready to...

It is almost hard to believe that there is less than 5 weeks now until the New Zealand Ironman in Taupo! At the moment I am still very...

Taupo 70.3 (Half Ironman) seems so long ago now! I’ve already forgotten all the pain! This has probably been helped by a little...

Hubby’s mountain bike certainly gets around I swear that when you live your life event to event the time just seems to fly by. My race in...

My worst nightmare and best dream all at the same time Actually my worst nightmare is the zombie apocalypse. But back to chocolate – I...

Hello, its been a while. Time for an update! The first race of the session is done and dusted and now it is less than 4 weeks to go until...

This week was a forced rest week for me. I say “forced” because it was unplanned and put in place by my coach rather than me. In saying...

I friend said to me that she is trying to change her way of thinking and so asks herself when making decisions “what is precious to me?”,...

Luckily I don’t carry an umbrella on my bike. It is the end of week 5 of IM training. What a week it has been, and I don’t mean that in a...

I have always run. And if I’m honest, I’ve always run so I could eat chocolate! I have been known to go for a “run” just to get...

I usually make this comment in jest, however, I have gone through a period of self-reflection recently and realised that it is completely...