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Making the Move
Hello, welcome, take a seat.In just under a month I make the transition from training alongside a full-time job to working alongside full-time training. I had been thinking about making the switch for...
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Product Review: MyZone® Heart Rate Monitor
Today I’m writing up my review of the MyZone® HR monitor! I’ve been using mine now since May and have tested over a range of activities, so now I really believe I can give y'all a fair and informative...
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Outfit of the Day: The Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup
Last Saturday I went to the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup at Ascot Race course, mainly because Craig David was set to light the stage aflame with his silky smooth voice and great song selections. Overall...
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Why LARP?
Live Action Roleplay (LARP) is possibly the hobby of mine which most people struggle to come to terms with. From a young age I have been ‘that nerdy kid’, I was just very lucky that I made friends with...
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Product Review: Bulk Powders® Complete Pre-Workout™ and Complete Recovery™
Good Tuesday to you all,Over the past few years I’ve tried an array of protein powders across many brands and had to deal with different levels of mixability, that time in my life I decided to be vegan...
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Sports and Coeliac
Back in 2009 I was diagnosed with coeliacs disease. The diagnoses followed over a year of struggling with constant lethargy, an inability to concentrate and a stomach that had no idea what was...
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‘Product’ Review: Borough 22 Gluten Free Doughnuts!
Hello, well, yes…this is a strange one!Anyone who has spent any length of time with me will know that doughnuts are one of the things I miss most since being gluten free (that and peshwari naans). It...
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Final Frontier
This marks the last Thursday before I enter testing week at Leander. Somewhere in the back of my head plays the Star Trek opening credits theme, and in front of me there’s an erg screen which is as...
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'Product Review’: AVE Rowing Single
I am writing this post with shaky hands, as I recover from my 2nd day at Leander and the 2nd day of testing. Yesterday was a fantastic day! We started off with a 12km paddle where I was in a double,...
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They Let Me Loose With a Make Up Brush
2017 has been a year of trying new things and one of those things was teaching make up! Over the Alcon anime convention, held at De Monfort University, I was given the opportunity to host a makeup 101...
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A Week of Zen – Keeping Fit on Holiday
Happy Tuesday!Sorry for the week break in blog posts, I have had a tough time recovering from testing week and then I went on holiday – but I’m back now! Last week I went on holiday to sunny (most of...
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The Importance of Clean Sport
Come in, come in. Get comfy. Another instalment is on the way.Yesterday we had our annual 'Clean Sport 1' talk from British Rowing. If you are successful at trials you do a further session...
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Sometimes the Road is Dark
As of the past few weeks I’ve only seen an improvement in my mental health. I think there are lots of factors influencing this, but I thought I’d just write a post about how my mental health has...
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Staying Positive Despite Injury
Wow, so I wasn’t really expecting to write this post so soon. I knew there was a chance I’d go through this, but not 6 weeks into the programme. Moving from Henley Rowing Club to Leander has been a big...
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That Well Known Demon: Sugar
It is early days, but for the past week I have been struggling to cut down on the unnecessary sugar in my life. Since starting at Leander in September my weight has fluctuated, but the general trend is...
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Will You Survive? (Dread Review!)
I think I may have missed last week, I do apologise for that. I can never really tell when I’m going to have a busy week and despite being the beginning of a taper (I think?) last week’s training...
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Is there such thing as a crumb line?
If you think being a student is hard financially – try being a ‘full time’ athlete with no access to funding. No interest/fee free over draft, no wavering of council tax, no student loans or grants to...
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Cardiac Screening for Athletes
Looking after your heart is important, regardless of whether you’re an athlete or not. In recent years a focus on sudden cardiac death in athletes has seen charities and heart foundations urging sports...
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2018 - Year of the Shred
Happy 2018 to all my readers!Hope you all had a fantastic Christmas period and great NYE celebrations. My Christmas was actually pretty tame, but my NYE was certainly a little bit wavy. Big shout out...
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Do Animals Help Battle Depression?
In a previous post I spoke about my ongoing battle with my mental health. It still fluctuates hugely, but when I’m remembering to take my medication I can begin to see myself flattening out (it’s a...
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It’s Never Wrong to Ask for Help
Asking for help is not a sign of weakness. If anything, it’s a sign of strength. You’re able to self-evaluate and realise that you can’t quite manage everything on your own. So many people push through...
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Keeping Your Body at 100% Whilst Training – Part 1
Last week I asked on twitter what you guys did to keep illness and injury at bay whilst you focussed on your training. This was a topic of debate at Leander, with Womens Eights Head only a few days...
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Keeping Your Body at 100% Whilst Training – Part 2
Thank you for all your kind feedback following my latest blog post, I’ve really enjoyed hearing about everyone’s little tips and tricks they use on the build up to a particular test or race. I even had...
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Highs and Lows of Sport
With all sport, not just rowing, you can experience serious highs and serious lows. Perhaps the biggest difference for me with rowing is I’ve experienced a lot more lows, and yet for some reason have...
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The F Word
Fat.Y’all knew that was coming. It is a word I struggle with on a daily basis, purely because I am an eater in denial. I know I eat, a lot, but I lie to myself about it. I eat the wrong things. I try...
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Product Review: Garmin Vivoactive 3
So. It’s now been a few months since I’ve had the Garmin Vivoactive 3 and I now think I’ve taken it for enough of a spin to make my full and honest opinion. In short, I very much enjoy the watch and...
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Dear Depression
You suck.Many people have different aspects of this illness that affect them most, and these aspects have ups and downs over the days/weeks/months. Personally, for me, I have two major problems which...
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Wonderful world of Reddit
I love Reddit. It actually took a long time for me to jump onto the Reddit train, but now I’m on it there’s no stopping me. My primary haunts are r/loseit (I’m still fat) and r/rowing (obviously), but...
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Heart to Heart about Henley Women's Regatta
I have never been so nervous before in the run up to a regatta. This will be my third year competing at HWR, however my first without any squad members surrounding me. Racing a single has proved to be...
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HWR: Thoughts and Feelings
Henley Womens Regatta - what a weekend of up's and downs!Thank you so much for all the kind words of support and tips about beating nerves following my last blog post. I started the weekend in good...
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Summer Downtime
I have taken a well deserved two weeks off any real training. This wonderful break included HRR, Henley Festival, a quick trip to Spain, starting a new job and stuffing myself full of cheese. It was...
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Henley Town & Visitors
Henley T&V is an absolute corker of a regatta to end a season on. I raced Band 2 W.1x, wearing my trusty old Henley RC colours. It was a very lovely day (scorchio!) which always makes things 10x...
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The Rise and Fall (and hopefully rise again) of a Developing Athlete
It was clear from day one I came into the sport too late and on the back-foot, but I’m still determined to give it a go! My last season at Leander was tough, but I learnt a lot and definitely improved...
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