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My first Tri!
Hey all, it's a bit quiet in here, but I've got something to say so I'm starting a new thread anyway! In an effort to maintain my promise to myself to not be fat and lazy I've signed up for 4 tris this year. One down, 1 cancelled and 2 more to go! My first tri was 2 weekends ago and was a standard sprint distance. My…
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London Triathlon - Oly distance
My London Tri report... http://www.thelondontriathlon.co.uk/ My target for the day: swim 45 mins bike 90 mins run 60 mins total 3:15 After a pretty sleepless night on the sofa in my sister's roasting hot central london flat I was happy to be up and on my way to the excel at 9am. My first challenge - finding my way to the…
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hotels - how annoying!
Today I have invented a whole new rating system for hotels. Forget TripAdvisor. Forget booking.com, I have the definitive scoring system for judging one hotel against another...the SLS, or "Shower Limbo Score". You work it out by calculating how far back you have to lean to wash your heir when you're in the shower because…
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Houston shopping - where to go?
Help please! I'm in Houston on Sunday and want to shop. I understand The galleria is the place to go, but which shops cater for us tall women? I'm from the uk so don't know much about what's out there over there! Size wise I'm a UK 14, which is a US 10 or 12 I think.
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Insulting things people do because you're tall
I just came back from the shops and met my neighbour as I came in. As I walked past him he feigned fear, put his hands up and crouched down a bit...you know, the whole "don't hit me" pose. I find that really really annoying. I know he thinks he's funny. But he really isn't. What's funny about pretending someone is about to…
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Tall Swimsuits
Does anyone have a recommendation for swimsuits to suit the taller frame, other than from Long Tall Sally? I get so frustrated going into shops and trying on loads and loads of stuff just to find that it's trying to cut me in half! Are any of the mainstream manufacturers (Speedo, TYR etc) putting out products that I've got…
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HRM with chest strap - UK
Just a heads up to any UK MFPers who are looking for a HRM. I just received an Aldi offers email and they have a HRM for £13 from Sunday 18th Sept. While I can't say how good or bad it will be I use a cheapie I got from either Aldi or Lidl and it works fine. Stocks will probably be limited...
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Skipping (jump rope) for exercise
I was an active child. I used to play outside all the time. I could run, skip and jump for hours. It turns out that is no longer the case. :laugh: I travel a lot for work so being able to work out in my hotel room is a handy thing. I figured that, rather than just doing squats etc, I'd give skipping a go. It is kicking my…
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fat and over 40
Hi, Subject really says it all. :-) I can't do anything about the over 40 bit, but I'm determined to do something about the other! I found this site from the EA Sports Active 2 forums, and I'm looking forward to monitoring my progress and maybe getting some encouragement from you guys as well.
