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Month: May 2016

Another Devonian sting in the tail – Roadford Lakes Triathlon

26th May 20165th July 2018 Harriet Leave a comment

I don’t seem to get on very well with events in Devon. I think this is partly because Dan always massively undersells the hills and partly because I am not very good at those ongoing huge hills that Devon specialises in!  On reflection, this weekend’s triathlon didn’t go badly, but the run left me feeling […]

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My first BaRTT – lessons learnt

20th May 20165th July 2018 Harriet Leave a comment

Earlier this week I did my first BaRTT (Bike and Run Time Trial) with OxfordTri. This consisted of 1 lap of a mile long run course, 3 laps of a 4ish mile bike, then 3 more laps of the run. It didn’t all go quite as planned but was a great learning experience and the […]

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Can I run a half marathon after a 56 mile bike ride?

11th May 20166th July 2018 Harriet 1 Comment

With race day just over a month away, that was the big question we set out to answer today.  We’ve been asking each other the ‘Do you think you could run a half marathon now’ question every time we’ve got to 56 miles on the bike recently as the race looms over closer, and there’s […]

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Loving all the blossom everywhere at the moment! 😍 A wet, grey start to the day today, but the blossom was out and looking pretty and we spotted our favourite robin, coots, cormorants and the crested grebe again this morning too! Thanks for these lovely winter (and now spring) mornings of swim chat @sarah.spruytenburg.ss !
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