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If Canada is the Mecca for adventure seekers, then Whistler is the shangri-la for snow sports
6 Days, 2 Mountains, Let’s go! "The mountains are calling and I must go" – This quote by John Muir I have always found powerful. As a child I spent time with my family exploring majestic peaks, now in my twenties the mountains hold a special place in my heart, they...
Hiring a coach – my thoughts as a coach.
Should you hire a coach? Last year I raced the Bike Trans Alp a stage race from Austria to Italy over 7 days, climbing 19,000 metres. I had never raced anything like this before. I had never ridden the distances required on multiple days let alone raced it! Climbing...
Cycling bad habits you could give up for lent
I have never given / taken anything up for lent but this year my challenge is to ride to and from work at least once a week, so far so good! For those of you who started out triumphantly giving up chocolate or bread this week and feel like 40 days is going to be a lot...
The best way to start the day is….
This week I decided to take up something for lent. I have never taken or given anything up before but for the next 40 days once a week I am going to commute to work by bike. This week was my first week and it was a great experience, on my ride home i decided to step...
Week three – Training to gain strength and increase my endurance.
Training to gain strength and increase my endurance. Today was week three at the gym, I started off warming up on the cross-trainer before heading over to the mats for my circuit workout planned by Steve my Personal Trainer. My first exercise in the circuit was a...
My top ten tips for your first cross-country mountain bike race.
So you want to enter a mountain bike race? Go for it! I have raced cross-country mountain biking for 4 years now and it is a really great way to get into mountain biking and meet awesome mountain bikers who will make you feel part of the family. As a women rocking up...
Spiralizing my way through the week.
Last weekend my Mum came to stay and introduced me to my new favourite kitchen item, the spiralizer! I have been having spiral vegetables in all my salads for lunch. Grilled chicken, spiralled carrot, cucumber, chopped pepper and cherry tomatoes on top of cous cous...
Grip Grab photo shoot in Denmark
Last weekend I had the pleasure of working with Grip Grab on the promotional videos and photography for their up and coming women's range. This progressive company has been listening to customer feedback and decided to produce an exclusive women's range designed...
The pain you feel today (and likely tomorrow), will be the strength you will feel tomorrow (more likely a few weeks).
For the last three weeks I have been working on my strength in the gym with my personal trainer Steve. After a long time off the bike I needed a way to build up my power and endurance and weight training is great for this. Yesterday we worked on glute strength, with...
Strength training, DOMS and recovery
The first week of February signalled a change in my training, after a few weeks of building my cardio back up I made the commitment to get stronger by taking on a personal trainer once a week, to help build muscle. I felt getting the help of a PT would mean I would be...