by Women's Health | Apr 8, 2019 | Fitness
Amy Hoppy and I have a shared love for the Elgin Valley. Our reasons are two-fold: a mecca of MTB trails and the home of Oak Valley wine. A fusion of both at a flow trail launch at Trail’s End Bike Hotel — it was an offer we could not refuse… Trail’s...
by Women's Health | Apr 5, 2019 | Fitness
Google Maps has this fun setting where you can check how long it would take to walk or cycle places. Sometimes I check it out, especially when traffic is bad and you could literally walk to your destination faster than you could drive there. But I’ve never...
by Women's Health | Mar 19, 2019 | Fitness
In December last year, I was asked to do an adventure race. I like the sound of anything with ‘adventure’ in it, so I immediately agreed. Back then, March seemed like ages away. Most of January was spent carrying on with the festive trend – a few too many...
by Women's Health | Mar 15, 2019 | Training
“I couldn’t breathe. My heart was racing. How did I get myself into this?” Let’s rewind a bit… The Scene: A hot, sunny December day with flowing vino, a reflection on the fitness events I’d done in 2018 and a sudden sense of...
by Women's Health | Jan 28, 2019 | Fitness
Some of the hardest training sessions I’ve ever done have been on a wattbike. Let me first be clear about why I got on one to begin with… I’d recently taken up mountain biking and road cycling, but then winter hit – cue rain, winds, cold. Not exactly...
