I am having a bad year race wise. On Sunday it was the Herald Cycle Tour, 105km. I was not too worried about the distance, I was a bit worried that I was not totally over my flu and I was also a bit worried about it being a cycle race. I don’t do bunches [...]
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In 10 days my brother, sister and I will be doing “The Half” in East London (Ironman 70.3). Yip, that is right, all three siblings have signed up. It is just a pity that we don’t all start together. It starts in waves so my brother will go separately. I must admit that entering “The [...]
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It is amazing what a difference a few minutes makes This morning I woke up before my alarm. I then made the fatal mistake at looking at the time – 3:58 am. Somehow that just seemed too early to be awake. There was a 3 at the front of the time. Oh my word. 3 [...]
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On the radio they had a call in section where people had to call in and say why they feel good. I am going to list my reasons here. My gorgeous little girl has started giving squeeze cuddles. LOVE them. And running up to me to give me kisses – awwwww Its 20 minutes till [...]
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I don’t seem to be blogging that much at the moment (stating the obvious). I am not sure why, it just feels as if I don’t have all that much to say – or don’t know what to say. I am going to start with how my weekend went. It started off great! My sister [...]
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I have been thinking a lot about the comments on my “Dream On!” post. And you are all right: I am pretty adventurous It is never too late to start (or restart) doing stuff that makes me happy Life does not end at 40 I should be living the life I want to live So [...]
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Yesterday I should have turned off my alarm, rolled over and gone straight back to sleep. In the morning I went for a cycle with my sister. It was not good. I could not keep up, my heart rate was soaring and I started seeing black spots. I had to come home…. I think it [...]
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I am slowly getting back into training – very slowly. But I am enjoying it again although I really need to cycle more …. cough, Ok, I really need to get on my bike!!! I have not sat on it since the 16 June 2009 – the day I was pregnant with Little OL. (I [...]
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Yes, that is what my blogging has come down to. My sleep-through from 9 weeks baby has gone!!!!! What the heck has happened? Twice this week she has woken at 11pm or there about and would not go down till after 3am. I need more sleep than that. Any ideas?? She turns 18 months and [...]
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And who would have thought that the ride would be the good???? But first the bad. On Friday evening when I got home from work Baby OL’s nanny said that when she picked her up to take her away from a house plant she started to cry and she could not get her to stop. [...]
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