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Ras al Khaimah Triathlon – a surprise of Olympic proportions.
Well, after all the negativity I have felt over the past few months of training, the RAK Olympic distance race actually went much better than expected. I had only managed to swim two or three times in...
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Ironman Dubai 70.3 – the power of positive thinking
So. It’s done. The first marker of the Ironman Wales 2020 season was the Dubai 70.3 Ironman event. A race which, in the past, I have professed to hate. Let me just say, right here, that first...
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Not a triathlon – Skiing in Shymbulak, Almaty
Well, this is my first non-triathlon blog. I made this whole song and dance about not being a triathlete, yet my posts are exclusively about triathlon. So here is a little foray in to my non-triathlon...
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Last week, I received one of my most unsettling emails to date. Amid all the confusion and cancellations surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, Ironman had emailed me telling me that I had been allocated...
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Ironman Wales 2020: a socially distant dragon?
It is almost a whole month since I wrote anything. Well, anything that isn’t an email, a text or a set of instructions for my students, who have been distance learning now for almost four weeks. The...
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Everest Base Camp 2014: The journey begins.
Kathmandu – Lukla – Phakding – Namche Bazaar. Whenever I look back on my Everest trek, I am filled with nostalgia for the sharp, clear Himalayan air, the ache in my shoulders and the slightly spaced...
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So much for getting back to normal…
Well, it’s been a weird few months. I think, wherever you are in the world, we can all agree on that. Dubai seems to have gone from lovely balmy March mornings to blazing June heat in the blink of an...
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Post-lockdown life: the great (mental) escape.
As the UAE and much of the rest of the rest of the world begin to ease their way out of lockdown, I’ve found that normal service seems to be resuming for my own mental wellbeing. Not that I initially...
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Urban Ultra RockRunner
A rock-solid return to racing… 2020. The year of the unmentionable. Definitely, not the year of racing I had planned. However, in the midst of the craziness, the UAE’s Urban Ultra has managed to pull...
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Jebel Qada’ah
A life lesson day.. This week in the UAE we have a five day weekend, so to kick things off my husband and I decided to take on a hike we had been planning to do for a while – to summit Jebel Qada’ah,...
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