

The Battle Against Self-Doubt
I started my ride full of self-doubt, and finished it with confidence and satisfaction. I knew what was waiting for me. A session to dread - when coach writes "It's horrible and I couldn't bare to watch you suffer like this lol" in TrainingPeaks you know it's going to hurt. I wasn't looking forward to it much. For some reason my head was filled with self doubt. With the other day's moment of 'giving up' (and forgetting all the positive things I got out of that session), legs


Nice for frogs
Season 2017 is going to be a very exciting year for Tritopia we're really looking forward to working with Leanne and her family. Until now the running of Tritopia has been such a juggle with everything having to be done by limited hands, this year we'll have Leanne and myself on coaching, this will allow us to split groups easier making sure everyone has a group to suit their level. Leanne's a real early bird and can't wait to smash out the early swim sets with you, I'm looki


Drama Queen
Do you know that feeling, when you know you're going down and there's nothing you can do anymore? Have you seen all your training sessions and hard work flash before your eyes as gravity pulls you to the unforgiving road surface? The dramatic event of a standstill crash happened today. From the outside I think I acted quite calm and undramatic, but I'll give you a little insight to what went on in my head. Session done, tail wind back now. Let me just clip in and roll home. O


Turning a 'failure' into an achievement
It's 9:45pm and I'm ready to go to sleep. The boat is rocking back and forth and the ropes are creaking in a rhythmic manner. It's warm inside my cabin - the warm air is blowing through the hatch but not cooling much. The weather here in Lanzarote has shifted quite suddenly and drastically. Today we reached the mid 30's and I can tell I'm not as acclimitised as before! Lee had a 5km TT run on the menu for me today, and was kind enough to 'spectate' on the bike. We found a qui