This time last year, I was nursing bad tears to my adductors, glutes, quads and some others whose names escape me. I limped round Crystal Palace sprint triathlon in 1:35:22, made the semi-final but no further in the Zwift Tri Academy due to the injuries caused by overtraining, and began to wonder if I wasContinueContinue reading “The new season starts and it’s time to turn off the tears”
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Bourne to tri
At the end of Eastbourne standard distance triathlon, my first Olympic distance and my third triathlon, I wanted to get up, jump back into this inviting English Channel segment of the Atlantic Ocean and do it all again. My first triathlon in 1988 was a sprint, starting in a heated pool at Hampton Court, whenContinueContinue reading “Bourne to tri”
The importance of recovery
Ruth is doing Ride London in May, raising funds for Brentford Football Club Community Sports Trust. Donate here. Back in 1987, when I was just 27, I ran the London Marathon in a time of around 3:38. Then the next day, feeling absolutely so energised and on top of the world, I played a hardContinueContinue reading “The importance of recovery”
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