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sparklefitnz
Jun 18, 20163 min read
Getting over chocolate, again
Warning. This post is about chocolate…and then breakfast. At the beginning of the month I had to give myself a good talking to. I was...
sparklefitnz
May 29, 20162 min read
How to not fall over – take your watch off
Today I went for a run, but Strava doesn’t know that. So if its not on Strava then did it happen? But the whole point of today’s run was...
sparklefitnz
May 14, 20163 min read
Relax!
Forrest showing me up Since starting training again for Kona and Moloolaba, I have noticed that I have been getting really tight muscles....
sparklefitnz
Apr 26, 20163 min read
I’m back!
I haven’t had much to say or update you all with in the last month. Mainly I have just been eating chocolate. That would make a very...
sparklefitnz
Mar 9, 20167 min read
I’m going to Kona – pheww!
Red bikes are fast… As I past the woman in my age group who was previously in 1st place I thought to myself “I can’t believe it! I’m in...
sparklefitnz
Feb 22, 20163 min read
Let the Taper Begin!
The (final) countdown is on – T minus 12 days until Ironman New Zealand in Taupo on 5 March. So how do I feel? 1. Exhausted 2. Ready to...
sparklefitnz
Feb 1, 20165 min read
Breakthrough week on many levels
It is almost hard to believe that there is less than 5 weeks now until the New Zealand Ironman in Taupo! At the moment I am still very...
sparklefitnz
Jan 18, 20164 min read
Christmas, holidays and training
Taupo 70.3 (Half Ironman) seems so long ago now! I’ve already forgotten all the pain! This has probably been helped by a little...
sparklefitnz
Dec 21, 20157 min read
Taupo Ironman 70.3 December 2015
Hubby’s mountain bike certainly gets around I swear that when you live your life event to event the time just seems to fly by. My race in...
sparklefitnz
Dec 4, 20152 min read
One the first day of Xmas my true love gave me chocolate
My worst nightmare and best dream all at the same time Actually my worst nightmare is the zombie apocalypse. But back to chocolate – I...
sparklefitnz
Nov 19, 20155 min read
It’s getting serious now…
Hello, its been a while. Time for an update! The first race of the session is done and dusted and now it is less than 4 weeks to go until...
sparklefitnz
Oct 25, 20153 min read
Are you paying attention?
This week was a forced rest week for me. I say “forced” because it was unplanned and put in place by my coach rather than me. In saying...
sparklefitnz
Oct 11, 20153 min read
I had chocolate for breakfast today…
I friend said to me that she is trying to change her way of thinking and so asks herself when making decisions “what is precious to me?”,...
sparklefitnz
Sep 26, 20153 min read
Chocolate 1, Sierra 1
Luckily I don’t carry an umbrella on my bike. It is the end of week 5 of IM training. What a week it has been, and I don’t mean that in a...
sparklefitnz
Sep 19, 20155 min read
The start of triathlon – one small step away from chocolate
I have always run. And if I’m honest, I’ve always run so I could eat chocolate! I have been known to go for a “run” just to get...
sparklefitnz
Sep 11, 20154 min read
Hi, I’m Sierra and I’m a chocoholic…
I usually make this comment in jest, however, I have gone through a period of self-reflection recently and realised that it is completely...
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