19th September 2010

This morning we got up uber-early to be swim marshalls for our tri club's triathlon. There was quite a lot of concentration involved counting the number of lengths the competitors had done with up to three swimmers per lane for three hours, however we were amply rewarded for our time with this bagful of goodies!

22nd August 2010

Today I did my first open water triathlon in Bexhill and it was tough despite only being a sprint distance. There are no photos from the event as I was too nervous pre-race and afterwards it was so wet all we wanted to was get home, where as you can see from the picture it was almost sunny! Just seen the results and happily I wasn't last, in fact I finished in 1h 47min 57sec.  Not uber-fast but for a first attempt in choppy seas I'm not too disappointed!

8th August 2010

We're doing a triathlon in Bexhill in a couple of weeks and so this morning we went along for a practice session organised by the race organisers. It was a good morning other than the fact that I cycled rather more than I needed to after I followed the wrong cyclists - they were on their way to Bognor, fortunately I found this out at Pevensey Bay otherwise I would have had a very long and lonely cycle back!

4th August 2010

Earlier in the year we joined a triathlon club in order to take advantage of the swim coaching on offer.  Unfortunately though we haven't been so good at getting round to going along to any of the sessions... we are now trying to make Wednesday our regular swim night - this is our second Wednesday in row so that's a positive start!

28th July 2010

This evening we went to a swim training session at our local triathlon club and I was very glad that I'd had the foresight to put our breadmaker on before we went out so that there was freshly cooked bread waiting for us when we got back.  It wasn't the best loaf having been done on the 'rapid bake' setting but we were so hungry after swimming nearly 2 kilometres that we didn't care!

24th July 2010

Today's picture was going to be Stephen doing the Hyde Park triathlon but then I spotted that Iwan Thomas was doing it too and I got a bit starstruck! He was in the same start wave as Mr W and so there were lots of opportunities for celeb photos as well as hubby shots.

4th July 2010

This is my bike all set up ready for me to leap on this morning after the swim leg of the Canterbury Sprint Tri.  The swim went really well and I knocked about a minute off my PB for a 400m swim, however I was less pleased with my cycle and run efforts.  I was going okay on the bike until I spotted a junction too late so was going too fast and tumbled into the hedge at the side of the road, and then on the run I just felt slow and a bit stiff after my fall on the bike.  My final time was 1h 28min, which was within my target of 1h 30min so all in all it wasn't a bad morning, especially as we got donuts at the end!

30th June 2010

There's nothing like an upcoming sporting event that you maybe haven't done enough training for, to inspire you to get out and do some exercise.  This Sunday I am doing the Canterbury Sprint Tri and so in an effort to quell the rising panic about my lack of training, this evening I dusted off my bike and went for a ride when I got home from work.  My legs felt like lead when I started but I managed around 8 miles and then in an attempt to mimic race conditions I went straight out for a short run when I got back.  All good fun, but I'm still a little concerned as I was exhausted afterwards and on Sunday I'm going to have to swim as well!