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January 8, 2012January 10, 2012zoeforman

Wk 1 Up’s and downs

January 3, 2012January 4, 2012zoeforman

2012 – Hello training, goodbye social life ! Middle distance here I come

December 31, 2011January 10, 2012zoeforman

Week 52 – good bye 2011

December 28, 2011December 28, 2011zoeforman

Week 50 & 51 – Festivities and Snowboarding

December 14, 2011December 14, 2011zoeforman

Wooops ! washed my iPhone

December 11, 2011December 12, 2011zoeforman

Week 49 – Danced the night away

December 5, 2011December 5, 2011zoeforman

Week 48 – Medical MOT & Tennis Elbow

November 30, 2011November 30, 2011zoeforman

Week 47 – Olympic interview and bike fall

November 29, 2011November 29, 2011zoeforman

Don’t worry…

November 20, 2011November 20, 2011zoeforman

Week 46 – Running assessment & in a spin

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ironman Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 2018 Registered, packed, racked, reviewed the swim zigzags, carbo loading underway. Ready as I can be. Wrist still sore & swollen but that should take my mind off everything else that hurts on the day ! 🤣😳 #562 #ironmanwales2018 #Tenby #Wales
Oh fook 💩😳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐉 It’ll be what it’ll be now ! Saw Chrissie Wellington at Bristol station this morning Asked if she was going to support / watch Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 - I chatted to her for an hour in the run there last year. Said she hoped to be there and was wishing for better weather for all. She wished me luck and said You can do it 😊. Made my day
Cotswold Classic 2018 I have swum & run in relay teams and marshalled this event for many years but this was my first time as a solo finisher of the Classic or 113 event. Boy was it a hot one on course ☀️ Swim - I chose to wear my wetsuit and for the first time had a bit of a bun fight to the first two buoys. Steady swim 38mins Bike - cracking ride for me and only slowed for the loose gravel for about 5 miles, flying on my Felt and loved the speed and lack of traffic. 3:03 with loads Strava PR’s 🥇 Run - well the wheels didn’t just fall off but they melted ! BBQ & dust roads set my asthma off at start of lap 2 which was when I discovered that I’d lost the canister 😳 💨 Friend ran to my tent to collect a spare and I literally had my second wind. 6:40:00 finish. Met Steve who was doing his first ever triathlon and suffering with groin strain & knee pains ( ex rugby player) we agreed to help each other limp, gasp our way through last lap and a half to the finish. When the going gets tough the tough keep going... Many people pulled out due to panic, illness, injury or heat exhaustion. Full respect to all finishers & survivors in the 30c heat. That post finish flop in the lake was the best ! Just a month to ironman Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Still plenty to do but getting back on track. #cotswoldclassic #113events #Middledistance #hotonetoday☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️
Golden summer evening walks with the dog 🐶Sunsets, golden crops and balmy temperatures. Long may it last, although starting to get dark earlier. #summertime #sunsets #countryside #home #goldenhour
They may all be weeds or wild flowers but isn’t nature beautiful This evenings dog walk with Jango #wiltshire #nature #naturalbeauty #countryside #dogwalking #simplylife
What started with such excitement became a ruined ride by a Twat in a white van who cut me up on a roundabout, then blocked me off to hurl abuse. He forgets he has a registration number of which I have a picture. The thunder showers and wind I could cope with but he reduced me to tears as I sheltered under trees. Three soakings, one road rage incident and I never made it to my sisters. Also Garmin touring sent me 8 miles along canal tow path as last update switched avoid unpaved roads off - my carbon beauty wasn’t made for gravel tracks and had never been so dirty. Shite ride - but home safe, showered and had a sleep. Tomorrow is another day. #cycling #roadrage #cyclesafe #ruinedrides #whitevanman #angry
If you want time to fly just enter an ironman. Last blog was 💯 days to go, now just 50 😳 Quick blog round up on how I’ve got back on track to tame the dragon 🐉 Still scares my pants off at the thought of it www.swimsweatandgears.com/2018/07/22/50-days-to-go-😳-im-wales/ #ironman #IMWales #Tenby #50daystogo
LCW 2018 official photos - a few decent ones. Obviously no run ones of me ! 🤮 I hearing of more that were sick sometime during the weekend to vary degrees of wrecking the triathlon efforts. #lcw2018 #Tenby #longcoursetriathlon #140miles
LCW 218 - the best of Tenby. Stunning in the sunshine. Full ironman distances swim 4325m & Bike 112mikes completed. Sickness took me out of the run and destroyed my ride. Plenty positives though - bring on the IMwales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 dragon 🐉 Amazing race, great company and weekend.#lcw2018 #tenby #wales #ironmantraining #IMWales
LCW - 2018 Not been my finest weekend. Fed the fish twice on swim, 4350m 1:31 a bit long but an improvement - RedBull & ginger biscuits. 🤮 on bike 6 times - dodgy water 💦?? Not what I expected 8:20 moving time 9:00 puke stops 🤢 Bailed on run this morning as still queasy & sprained ankle on Wednesday night, but made most of our park passes in indoor & outdoor pool, water splash pads, slides and feeling better for Sunday roast dinner Off to watch runner finish 🏃‍♀️😍
Lunchtime sights - Bristol, Gromit trail with a hot cheesy chicken #gromitunleashed #GU2 #bristol #lunchtimewalk #summerheatwave
Ooohhh it ain’t half hot Mum 🔥 Now that’s not something you often hear from me ( hate cold / love heat). Took my own advise and kept ride to 3 hours and an early morning start. Helped others in need - redirected a group of girls lost on DoE, gave a bonked cyclist sports drink and a runner a gel all in more need than me as I was heading home. Thought I was covered in flies but was melted tarmac that had flicked up from melting roads #summerheatwave #cycling #keephydrated💦

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