Stories of an amateur triathlete from West Wales.
Our journey of cutting down on meat started in January last year when we started doing Meat Free Mondays as our new years resolution. As the year went on our meat free days increased and by the end of the year we were usually only eating meat for about 2-3 days a week. Fast forward... Continue Reading →
Training wise November was a very hit and miss month for me with motivation floundering. I didn't mind too much because let's be honest - if you're going to have a quiet month November seems like the perfect time but after a non-existent October of training too I was keen to get myself back into... Continue Reading →
This race wasn't on the plan at the beginning of the year. I had arranged my year so that all of my races were before August because August was to be full of hens and weddings however I enjoyed Mallorca 70.3 so much I decided to enter this to finish off the season. I wouldn't... Continue Reading →
Things have gone quiet on the blog and in triathlon generally since Ironman Ireland.. I always planned my season this way. I knew I had a busy July and August of hens and weddings and I wanted to enjoy myself without having to force out training for any events. So I suppose I’ve had a... Continue Reading →
The week leading up to the race mainly involved refreshing the Met Office app, BBC weather and the Irish Met Office website on a continuous loop. Unfortunately every time I hit refresh the weather forecast seemed to worsen! David and I were both racing and Helen and Roger (David's parents) came with us to support.... Continue Reading →
Here it is - the final installment in this thrilling series! Ha. Week 1 and 2 can be found HERE and HERE. 3rd-9th June I think it is fair to say that by this point in my training I was starting to tyre and counting down the days to taper. MONDAY - Pyramid swim session.... Continue Reading →
If you missed Week 1 you can read that HERE. So after a solid first week of training there was not to be much recovery at the start of the week as it was Bank Holiday Monday! I also had the Tuesday off work because it's tradition in our office to be closed on the... Continue Reading →
It's Tuesday today and we are officially into our "taper" for Ironman Ireland. It's been a big 3 week block of training and I thought I would write a few posts looking back at my biggest training block this year and how I've fit it in around work and life generally. If no-one finds it... Continue Reading →
It's hard to know where to start with this blog post... I'm writing this on the runway of Mallorca airport and it's quite tough to get my thoughts in order, my brain and body are absolutely frazzled! I am also very sad to be leaving. I absolutely love Mallorca. This is where I properly fell... Continue Reading →
I wouldn't normally enter a sprint event anymore. I enjoy "plodding" much more than running quickly. I also tend to get injured when I try to run quickly, which for me is anything sub 7.30min/mile. I had entered another of the Healthy Life Activities' events last year, Sospan Sizzler, which was unfortunately cancelled due to... Continue Reading →
Nia's Tri Adventures 